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Title Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome / edited by Richard J. A. Talbert.

Publication Info.	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2012]
	2012

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Series	The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography
	Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The expression of terrestrial and celestial order in ancient Mesopotamia by / Francesca Rochberg -- From topography to cosmos: ancient Egypt's multiple maps / by David O'Connor -- Mapping the world: Greek initiatives from Homer to Eratosthenes / by Georgia L. Irby -- Ptolemy's geography: mapmaking and the scientific enterprise / by Alexander Jones -- Greek and Roman surveying and surveying instruments / by Michael Lewis -- Urbs Roma to orbis romanus: Roman mapping on the grand scale / by Richard J.A. Talbert -- Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts / by Benet Salway.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Cartography -- Iraq -- History.
	Cartography -- Egypt -- History.
	Cartography -- Greece -- History.
	Cartography -- Rome -- History.
	Geography, Ancient.
	Surveying -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Talbert, Richard J. A., 1947-, editor.
Other Form:	Print version: Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2012] ix, 264 pages, [4] pages of plates ; 27 cm. The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography 9780226789378 (DLC) 2012001810
ISBN	9780226789378 (cloth : alkaline paper)
	0226789373 (cloth : alkaline paper)
	9780226789408 (electronic bk.)