Some Notable Surveyors Map Makers of Sixteenth, Seventeenth, - A Study in the History of Cartography

In this book, which was first published in 1929, Fordham presents a study regarding the history of cartography.

List of contents

1. The Elizabethan surveyors, their work, and its influence on the British cartography of the seventeenth century; 2. The French school of cartography of the seventeenth century; 3. Cartography as an exact science. Its development in the eighteenth century in France; 4. British cartography of the second half of the eighteenth century, its connection with the triangulation of France, and the ordnance survey; Conclusion; List of works of reference; Index.

Summary

Sir Herbert George Fordham (1854–1929) was a British writer on cartography and a collector of antique maps. In this book, which was first published in 1929, Fordham presents a study regarding the history of cartography, based around some of the key groups and figures involved in its evolution.

Product details

• Authors: Herbert George Fordham, Sir Herbert George Fordham
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2014
• EAN: 9781107452855
• ISBN: 978-1-107-45285-5
• No. of pages: 118
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Historical Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Cartography, map-making & projections, Cartography, map-making and projections, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Historical Geography