The History of Cartography, Volume 1
Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean
Edited by J. B. Harley and David Woodward
©1987 | 622 pages | 32-page color insert, 40 color plates, 240 halftones | 8½×11

Volume One

Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean

Edited by J. B. Harley and David Woodward

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Front Matter

Gallery of Color Illustrations

Preface
J. B. Harley and David Woodward

Chapter 1: The Map and the Development of the History of Cartography
J. B. Harley

PART ONE: Cartography in Prehistoric Europe and the Mediterranean

Chapter 2: Prehistoric Maps and the History of Cartography: An Introduction
Catherine Delano Smith

Chapter 3: The Origins of Cartography
G. Malcolm Lewis

Chapter 4: Cartography in the Prehistoric Period in the Old World: Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa
Catherine Delano Smith

PART TWO: Cartography in Ancient Europe and the Mediterranean

Chapter 5: Cartography in the Ancient World: An Introduction
O. A. W. Dilke

Chapter 6: Cartography in the Ancient Near East
A. R. Millard

Chapter 7: Egyptian Cartography
A. F. Shore

Chapter 8: The Foundations of Theoretical Cartography in Archaic and Classical Greece
Prepared by the Editors from Materials Supplied by Germaine Aujac

Chapter 9: The Growth of an Empirical Cartography in Hellenistic Greece
Prepared by the Editors from Materials Supplied by Germaine Aujac

Chapter 10: Greek Cartography in the Early Roman World
Prepared by the Editors from Materials Supplied by Germaine Aujac

Chapter 11: The Culmination of Greek Cartography in Ptolemy
O. A. W. Dilke with Additional Material Supplied by the Editors

Chapter 12: Maps in the Service of the State: Roman Cartography to the End of the Augustan Era
O. A. W. Dilke

Chapter 13: Roman Large-Scale Mapping in the Early Empire
O. A. W. Dilke

Chapter 14: Itineraries and Geographical Maps in the Early and Late Roman Empires
O. A. W. Dilke

Chapter 15: Cartography in the Byzantine Empire
O. A. W. Dilke with Additional Material Supplied by the Editors

Chapter 16: Cartography in the Ancient World: A Conclusion
O. A. W. Dilke

PART THREE: Cartography in Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean

Chapter 17: Medieval Maps: An Introduction
P. D. A. Harvey

Chapter 18: Medieval Mappaemundi
David Woodward

Chapter 19: Portolan Charts from the Late Thirteenth Century to 1500
Tony Campbell

Chapter 20: Local and Regional Cartography in Medieval Europe
P. D. A. Harvey

Chapter 21: Concluding Remarks
J. B. Harley and David Woodward

List of Contributors
Bibliographical Index
General Index
Jeffrey Pinkham

And see also:  

Volume Two PDFs

• Book 1: Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies
• Book 2: Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societies
• Book 3: Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies