"The History of Cartography Volume One Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean", Harley, J.B.

The inaugural volume in this series of books relating the history of maps and mapping worldwide from prehistory to present. J.B. Harley and David Woodward, together with an international team of specialists, compiled this scholarly work on the development of cartography as a science and an art. This volume presents an in depth overview of mapping in Europe and the Mediterranean basin from its earliest manifestations through the High Middle Ages. There are essays on petroglyph maps, Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Byzantine maps, portolan charts, and much more. Amply illustrated in color and black and white. 599 pages. Hardbound in gray buckram with dust jacket.

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Condition: A

Text is near fine, with light toning on the endpapers. Covers and dust jacket have minor shelf wear.