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Commerce Of Cartography Making And Marketing Maps In Eighteenth-century France And England
by Victoria
by Victoria
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- Comments: Hardcover and dust jacket. Shelf wear. Front end page excised. Small ink stains to jacket and edge. Boards soiled. xv, 345 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm. <br> "A thorough and provocative study of the business of cartography during the Enlightenment. The Commerce of Cartography charts a new cartographic landscape and will prove invaluable to scholars of economic history, historical geography, and the history of publishing."
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- ISBN-13: 9780226653419
- ISBN: 0226653412
- Publication Date: 2005
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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A wide-ranging study that raises questions concerning the uses & appreciation of maps in the 18th century, this book follows the development of a commercial cartography industry, detailing the costs & profits, the process of mapmaking, & the influence of aesthetics.Victoria is the author of 'Commerce Of Cartography Making And Marketing Maps In Eighteenth-century France And England', published 2005 under ISBN 9780226653419 and ISBN 0226653412.
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