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Cartographies of Travel and Navigation
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Cartographies of Travel and Navigation Hardcover - 2006

by James R. Akerman (Editor)


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Finding one's way with a map is a relatively recent phenomenon. In premodern times, maps were used, if at all, mainly for planning journeys in advance, not for guiding travelers on the road. With the exception of navigational sea charts, the use of maps by travelers only became common in the modern era; indeed, in the last two hundred years, maps have become the most ubiquitous and familiar genre of modern cartography. Examining the historical relationship between travelers, navigation, and maps, Cartographies of Travel and Navigation considers the cartographic response to the new modalities of modern travel brought about by technological and institutional developments in the twentieth century. Highlighting the ways in which the travelers, operators, and planners of modern transportation systems value maps as both navigation tools and as representatives of a radical new mobility, this collection brings the cartography of travel--by road, sea, rail, and air--to the forefront, placing maps at the center of the history of travel and movement. Richly and colorfully illustrated, Cartographies of Travel and Navigation ably fills the void in historical literature on transportation mapping.

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  • Title Cartographies of Travel and Navigation
  • Author James R. Akerman (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London
  • Date October 1, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780226010748 / 0226010740
  • Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.12 x 6.32 x 1.2 in (23.16 x 16.05 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Maps, Map reading
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005031379
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.045

About the author

James R. Akerman is director of the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library, Chicago.
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