Apollo's Eye
Subtitle: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western Imagination
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: September 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780801874444
Subjects: Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS); History of ideas, intellectual history; History of specific subjects; History: World; History; Science; Earth Sciences - Geography; Europe - General; General; Human Geography; History / Europe / General
First sentence: In Greek and Roman mythology Phoebus Apollo drives the sun's golden chariot above the terrestrial sphere, tracing the diurnal arc.