The Cadastral Map in the Service of the State
Subtitle: A History of Property Mapping
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: March 1, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780226422619
Subjects: Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS); European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Cartography; Individual Control Of Land; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; History: World; Europe; Real Estate - General; Business & Economics / Real Estate; History / Europe / General; History; Maps; Real property
First sentence: The technique of representing landed properties on a map was known and was used to a limited extent in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.