Author : Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke
Release : 1998
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Greek and Roman Maps by : Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke

Download or read book Greek and Roman Maps written by Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Greek and Roman Maps, O. A. W. Dilke follows the development of map-making skills, beginning in Babylonia and Egypt, through the contributions of Greek scientists and Roman administrators and surveyors, to the Age of Discovery. He provides examples of the full range of Greek and Roman maps, including town and building plans, itineraries and road maps, sea itineraries, and maps in art form. "It is an extremely useful book, packed with information, simply and succinctly expressed... there is no doubt that it was Greek theoretical thinking and a growing knowledge of geography, combined with the practical demands imposed upon the administrators of the Roman Empire, which led to the development and widespread use of maps more or less as we know them." -- Mary E. Hoskins Walbank, Echos du monde classique