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History of cartography

Known as: Ancient maps, History of maps, Chinese cartography 
Cartography, or mapmaking, has been an integral part of the human history for a long time, possibly up to 8,000 years. From cave paintings to ancient… 
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2018
2018
Coastal Erosion Management at Callao (Peru) in the 17th and 18th Centuries: The First Groin Field in South America?
Analysis of written documents, projects and historical cartography of the 17th and 18th centuries allows reconstruction of the… 
2015
2015
America’s Birth Certificate: The Oldest Globular World Map: c. 1507
In 2012, a woodcut print for a c. 11 centimeter globe was discovered in an ancient volume in the University Library in Munich… 
2015
2015
Approche méthodologique pour la délimitation des espaces de liberté des rivières du massif ardennais
Dans les schemas departementaux d’amenagement et de gestion des cours d’eau (France), le concept d’espace de liberte des cours d… 
2014
2014
Multi-frame and multi-dimensional historical digital cities: the Como example
In this article, we present the realisation of a multi-frame and multi-dimensional WebGIS that allows users to simultaneously… 
2012
2012
Between Empire and Nation: The Emergence of Egypt's Libyan Borderland, 1841-1911
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2011
2011
Regionalism, Geography, and the International Legal Imagination
Abstract Despite international law's identity as focused on spatial relations, it has long been dominated by a temporal… 
2010
2010
West Florida and Its Relation to the Historical Cartography of the United States
2009
2009
GIS tools for comparing historical and contemporary landscapes through local maps series
Summary Our Project of the GIS based Spanish Ancient Cartography e-Library was firstly presented in the 3 rd Workshop of the ICA… 
2008
2008
History of Maps and Important Map Collections in Turkey
Considering the historical process, mankind has produced many information sources and used them in the most effective way when he… 
1974
1974
The Study of the History of Cartography: A Suggested Framework
While there are encouraging signs that the field of the history of cartography is coming into its own, the literature reveals the… 
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