First edition, hardcover, light bump to top of spine, tiny bump to base of front board, otherwise a tight, Near Fine copy in like dustjacket which has a tiny closed tear and light crease to the bottom corner of the rear panel.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Cartographies of Travel and Navigation (The Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography)

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Publication Date

2006

Language

English

ISBN 10

0226010740

ISBN 13

9780226010748

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Maps

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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.

About the Author

James R. Akerman is curator of maps at the Newberry Library, and director of the library’s Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography.

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