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Beschreibung
Maps reveal Scotland's history as a dynamic lens shaping national memory and identity.

Winner of the Saltire Society Research Book of the Year

Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV.

Compiled by three experts who have spent their lives working with maps, Scotland: Mapping the Nation offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on Scottish history which is beautifully illustrated with complete facsimiles and details of hundreds of the most significant manuscript and printed maps from the National Library of Scotland and other institutions, including those by Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu and William Roy, amongst many others.
Maps reveal Scotland's history as a dynamic lens shaping national memory and identity.

Winner of the Saltire Society Research Book of the Year

Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV.

Compiled by three experts who have spent their lives working with maps, Scotland: Mapping the Nation offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on Scottish history which is beautifully illustrated with complete facsimiles and details of hundreds of the most significant manuscript and printed maps from the National Library of Scotland and other institutions, including those by Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu and William Roy, amongst many others.
Über den Autor
Chris Fleet studied Geography at the University of Durham. He is Senior Map Curator in the National Library of Scotland. Margaret Wilkes is a member of the steering committee of the Scottish Maps Forum and a director of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Charles W. J. Withers is a professor of historical geography at the University of Edinburgh and a fellow of the British Academy. Michael Anderson is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Edinburgh.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781780274836
ISBN-10: 1780274831
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Withers, Charles W. J.
Fleet, Chris
Wilkes, Margaret
Hersteller: Birlinn General
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 258 x 256 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: Charles W. J. Withers (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.10.2017
Gewicht: 2,047 kg
Artikel-ID: 109538205