Mapping an Empire

Mapping an Empire
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 472
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ISBN-10 : 0226184870
ISBN-13 : 9780226184876
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Book Synopsis Mapping an Empire by : Matthew H. Edney

Download or read book Mapping an Empire written by Matthew H. Edney and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-09-02 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reshaping of cartographic technologies in Europe into their modern form, including the adoption of the technique of triangulation (known at the time as "trigonometrical survey") at the beginning of the nineteenth century, played a key role in the use of the GTS as an instrument of British cartographic control over India. In analyzing this reconfiguration, Edney undertakes the first detailed, critical analysis of the foundations of modern cartography.


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