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BL
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625401
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Ancient perspectives : : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece Rome /\ edited by Richard J.A. Talbert
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago ;London :: The University of Chicago Press,, 2012
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| Series Statement
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The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography
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ix, 264 pages, [4] pages of plates :: illustrations, maps ;; 27 cm
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| ISBN
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9780226789378 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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: 0226789373 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index
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| Contents
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The expression of terrestrial and celestial order in ancient Mesopotamia by / Francesca Rochberg -- From topography to cosmos: ancient Egypt's multiple maps / by David O'Connor -- Mapping the world: Greek initiatives from Homer to Eratosthenes / by Georgia L. Irby -- Ptolemy's geography: mapmaking and the scientific enterprise / by Alexander Jones -- Greek and Roman surveying and surveying instruments / by Michael Lewis -- Urbs Roma to orbis romanus: Roman mapping on the grand scale / by Richard J.A. Talbert -- Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts / by Benet Salway
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Cartography-- Iraq-- History
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Cartography-- Egypt-- History
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Cartography-- Greece-- History
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Cartography-- Rome-- History
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Geography, Ancient
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Surveying-- History
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| LC Classification
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GA205.A64 2012
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Talbert, Richard J. A.,1947-
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