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    The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history. Maps have been...
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    Cartography (/kɑːrˈtɒɡrəfi/; from Ancient Greek: χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice...
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    The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the United States. Maps of the New World had been produced since...
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    Chinese cartography began in the 5th century BC during the Warring States period when cartographers started to make maps of the Earth's surface. Its scope...
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    Celestial cartography, uranography, astrography or star cartography[citation needed] is the aspect of astronomy and branch of cartography concerned with...
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    evidence for recognizable practices of geography, such as cartography, prior to the use of the term. The known world of Ancient Egypt saw the Nile as the...
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    earliest cartographic depictions of Africa are found in early world maps. In classical antiquity, Africa (also Libya) was assumed to cover the quarter of the...
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  • The cartography of the region of Palestine, also known as cartography of the Holy Land and cartography of the Land of Israel, is the creation, editing...
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    Medieval Islamic geography and cartography refer to the study of geography and cartography in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age (variously...
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    "Ptolemaic tradition" of geography, which included "Ptolemaic cartographic theory." However, the concepts of geography (such as cartography) date back to the...
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  • The cartography of India begins with early charts for navigation and constructional plans for buildings. Indian traditions influenced Tibetan and Islamic...
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    History of cartography), and one who makes maps is called a cartographer. Road maps are perhaps the most widely used maps today. They are a subset of...
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  • The History of Cartography Project is a publishing project in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It was founded by David...
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    Measure: Chinese Maps between Observation and Text". In Harley, J.B.; Woodward, David (eds.). The History of Cartography. University of Chicago Press....
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    of determining the longitude of any given place on Earth. The measurement of longitude is important to both cartography and navigation. In particular...
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    The cartography of Asia can refer to the representation of Asia on a map, or to depictions of the world by cartographers from Asia. Depictions of portions...
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    Fantasy cartography, fictional map-making, or geofiction is a type of map design that visually presents an imaginary world or concept, or represents a...
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  • Africa Cartography of Asia Cartography of China Cartography of India Cartography of Israel Cartography of Palestine Cartography of Europe Cartography of France...
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  • earliest cartographic depictions of Europe are found in early world maps. In classical antiquity, Europe was assumed to cover the quarter of the globe...
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    The cartography of Ukraine involves the history of surveying and the construction of maps of Ukraine. Maps of Ukraine have been produced since the late...
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    ISBN 978-0-7735-7256-0. Short, John R. (2003). The World Through Maps: A History of Cartography. University of Maryland. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-55297-811-5. Loren, Diana Dipaolo...
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    History of cadastre History of cartography History of hydrography History of navigation History of surveying Paris meridian § History NASA/Goddard Space...
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    Waldo R. Tobler (category Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences)
    contributions to computer cartography and was one of the first geographers to explore using computers in geography. In cartography, he contributed to the...
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  • Critical cartography is a set of mapping practices and methods of analysis grounded in critical theory, specifically the thesis that maps reflect and perpetuate...
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    ISBN 9789012086431. Liebenberg, Elri; Demhardt, Imre (2012). History of Cartography: International Symposium of the ICA Commission, 2010. Heidelberg: Springer. p...
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    History of agriculture History of architecture (timeline) History of artificial intelligence History of biotechnology History of cartography History of...
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    Human geography (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
    descriptions of redirect targets Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography – Series of geography texts, 1975–1996 History of cartography – Evolution of the art...
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    Matthew H., eds. (2020). The History of Cartography, Volume 4: Cartography in the European Enlightenment. University of Chicago Press. pp. 557–558. ISBN 9780226339221...
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    Jean-Marc; Verdier, Nicolas (2020). "Cartouche". Cartography in the European Enlightenment. The History of Cartography. Vol. 4. Chicago University Press. pp. 244–251...
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    Tony (18 November 2016). "Cartographic innovations by the early portolan chartmakers". Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject...
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