Main entry:

Dilke, O. A. W. (Oswald Ashton Wentworth), 1915-1993.

Title & Author:

Greek and Roman maps / O.A.W. Dilke.

Edition:

Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1985.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. The Predecessors -- II. Evidence from Ancient Greece -- III. Agrippa -- IV. Geographical Writers -- V. Ptolemy and his Predecessor Marinus -- VI. Land Surveying -- VII. Roman Stone Plans -- VIII. Road Maps and Land Itineraries -- IX. Periploi -- X. Maps in Art Form -- XI. The Development of Ptolemaic Maps -- XII. From Antiquity to the Renaissance -- App. I. Cosmographia Iulii Caesaris -- App. II. Pliny, Natural History (vi. 211-20) -- App. III. Data on the Orange Cadasters -- App. IV. Ptolemy, Geography (ii.3), Manuscript Variants on British Place-Names -- App. V. Peutinger Table: Categories of Places -- App. VI. Greek and Roman Words for 'Map' -- App. VII. Ptolemy Manuscripts with Maps.

Summary:

"In Greek and Roman Maps, O.A.W. Dilke follows the development of map-making skills, beginning in Babylonia and Egypt, through the contribution of Greek scientists and Roman administrators and surveyors, to the Age of Discovery. He provides examples of the full range of Greek and Roman maps, including town and building plans, itineraries and road maps, sea itineraries, and maps in art form."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0801858976 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780801858970 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Classical geography Maps.
Early maps.
Cartes anciennes.
Classical geography.
Géographie antique.

Form/genre:

Early maps.
Maps.
Cartes anciennes.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300050
Call No.: BIB 246215
Status: Available