Historical Atlases

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Today we can walk into any well-stocked bookstore or library and find an array of historical atlases. The first thorough review of the source material, Historical Atlases traces how these collections of "maps for history"—maps whose sole purpose was to illustrate some historical moment or scene—came into being. Beginning in the sixteenth century, and continuing down to the late nineteenth, Walter Goffart discusses milestones in the origins of historical atlases as well as individual maps illustrating historical events in alternating, paired chapters. He focuses on maps of the medieval period because the development of maps for history hinged particularly on portrayals of this segment of the postclassical, "modern" past. Goffart concludes the book with a detailed catalogue of more than 700 historical maps and atlases produced from 1570 to 1870. Historical Atlases will immediately take its place as the single most important reference on its subject. Historians of cartography, medievalists, and anyone seriously interested in the role of maps in portraying history will find it invaluable.

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Genre : History
Author : Walter Goffart
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release : 2011-04-15
File : 628 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780226300726


Historical Atlas Of The American West

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The 78 maps in this atlas add significant information to the study of the development of the American West, Defined for this resources as those 17 continental states west of the Missouri River. The maps range in chronology from explorations in the sixteenth century to the location of World War II prisoner of war and Japanese internment camps. The atlas includes maps of geographic, flora and fauna data. Maps are on the left pages and narratives about the maps re on the facing pages. Maps are black and white clear and easily read. An Appendix shows Spanish-Mexican land grants, and there is an index. This is an excellent atlas for both middle and high schools. Includes a section on Arkansas aboriginal setting and Native American tribes. Describes European contacts and settlements.

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Genre : History
Author : Warren A. Beck
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Release : 1989
File : 204 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780806124568


Historical Atlas Of Canada From The Beginning To 1800

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Uses maps to illustrate the development of Canada from the last ice sheet to the end of the eighteenth century

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Genre : History
Author : Donald P. (Peter) Kerr
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Release : 1987-01-01
File : 224 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780802024954


A Comprehensive Index To A T Andreas Illustrated Historical Atlas Of Minnesota 1874

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Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Author : Mary Bakeman
Publisher : x
Release : 1992
File : 344 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0915709015


Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas Of Central Asia

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This atlas graphically illuminates the region's history tracing back to the 8th-7th century B.C. From the spread of Islam to the invasion of the Mongols, the area has been at the crossroads of some of the world's most important developments, all succinctly explained in this book.

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Genre : History
Author : R. Abazov
Publisher : Springer
Release : 2016-04-30
File : 137 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780230610903


Historical Atlas Of Indonesia

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This pioneering volume traces the history of the region which became Indonesia, from early times to the present day, in over three hundred specially drawn full-colour maps with detailed accompanying text. In doing so, the Atlas brings fresh life to the fascinating and tangled history of this immense archipelago. Beginning with the geographical and ecological forces which have shaped the physical form of the archipelago, the Historical Atlas of Indonesia goes on to chart early human migration and the changing distribution of ethnic groups. It traces the kaleidoscopic pattern of states in early Indonesia and their gradual incorporation into the Netherlands Indies and eventually into the Republic of Indonesia.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Robert Cribb
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2013-02-01
File : 265 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781136780578


Concise Historical Atlas Of Canada

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A distillation of sixty-seven of the best and most important plates from the original three volumes of the bestselling of the Historical Atlas of Canada.

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Genre : History
Author : Geoffrey J. Matthews
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Release : 1998-01-01
File : 212 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780802042033


Historical Atlas Of Central Europe

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Central Europe remains a region of ongoing change and continuing significance in the contemporary world. This third, fully revised edition of the Historical Atlas of Central Europe takes into consideration recent changes in the region. The 120 full-colour maps, each accompanied by an explanatory text, provide a concise visual survey of political, economic, demographic, cultural, and religious developments from the fall of the Roman Empire in the early fifth century to the present. No less than 19 countries are the subject of this atlas. In terms of today's borders, those countries include Lithuania, Poland, and Belarus in the north; the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovakia in the Danubian Basin; and Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, and Greece in the Balkans. Much attention is also given to areas immediately adjacent to the central European core: historic Prussia, Venetia, western Anatolia, and Ukraine west of the Dnieper River. Embedded in the text are 48 updated administrative and statistical tables. The value of the Historical Atlas of Central Europe as an authoritative reference tool is further enhanced by an extensive bibliography and a gazetteer of place names - in up to 29 language variants - that appear on the maps and in the text. The Historical Atlas of Central Europe is an invaluable resource for scholars, students, journalists, and general readers who wish to have a fuller understanding of this critical area, with its many peoples, languages, and continued political upheaval.

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Genre : History
Author : Paul Robert Magocsi
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Release : 2018-11-12
File : 297 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781487523312


Historical Atlas Of Canada The Land Transformed 1800 1891

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Uses maps to illustrate the development of Canada from the last ice sheet to the end of the eighteenth century

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Genre : History
Author : Geoffrey J. Matthews
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Release : 1987-01-01
File : 220 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780802034472


The Electric Historical Atlas

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Genre : Historical geography
Author :
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Release : 1874
File : 94 Pages
ISBN-13 : PSU:000019103938