The sovereign map : theoretical approaches in cartography throughout history /
Jacob, Christian,1955-
Dahl, Edward H.
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2006.
"Originally published as L'empire des cartes: Approche théorique de la cartographie à travers l'histoire, Éditions Albin Michel, 1992"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-401) and index.
What is a map? -- There are maps, and there are maps -- The map as mediation -- The raw materials of the map -- The printed map -- The atlas: a book of maps -- Pragmatics of the consultation of the map -- Tentative definitions -- Graphics, geometry, & figuration -- The border and graphic representation -- The framework and the Marteloio -- Forms and contours of the Earth -- Order/disorder: the minimal units of graphics -- "Hic sunt leones" -- The visible and reason -- Maps & writing -- The title of the map -- Names on the map: toponymy -- The map and its legends -- The cartographic image: the eye & memory -- Imaginary maps: a poetics of the drawing and the gaze -- Cartographic reading as construction -- Imaginary drifts -- From the map to geography: stages of an apprenticeship.
Cartography