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History of Cartography

International Symposium of the ICA, 2012

  • Presents information previously unavailable on cartographic projects undertaken in the 19th and 20th centuries
  • Reports on research projects in the history of cartography undertaken at tertiary institutions worldwide
  • An important aid to educators teaching the development of geographical information science
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. The Americas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
    2. The General Map of Brazil

      • Paulo Márcio Leal de Menezes
      Pages 261-274
  3. General

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275

About this book

This volume collects 22 papers presented at the 4th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, held at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, on 28-29 June 2012. The overall conference theme is 'Exploration - Discovery - Cartography', but preference has been given to papers dealing with cartography in the 19th and 20th centuries.  The papers are classified according to regional sub-themes, i.e. papers on the Americas, papers on Africa, etc.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Elri Liebenberg

  • Geography, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    Peter Collier

  • Cartography and Geoinformatics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

    Zsolt Gyözö Török

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