Mapping the Holy Land: The Origins of Cartography in Palestine (Tauris Historical Geography)
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (578 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1784534544 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Making full use of newly discovered archival material, and richly illustrated in both colour and black and white, Mapping the Holy Land is essential reading for cartographers, historical geographers, historians of mapmaking, and for all those with an interest in the Holy Land and the history of Palestine.. Mapping the Holy Land provides a unique study of the cartography of the Holy Land during the formative period of its development. Through a detailed study of the work of three of the leading figures of the era-Augustus Petermann, Physical Geographer Royal to Queen Victoria; cartographer Charles Meredith van de Velde, who produced the finest map of the region at the time; and Edward Robinson, founder of modern Palestinology-the authors explore the complex cultural, cartographic and technical processes that shaped and determined the resulting maps of the region
He has a longstanding interest in the Holy Land, European activity in Ottoman Palestine and the Near East, and the history of the modern scientific study of these regions. His interests include the history of geography and cartography, historical geography and archival science. Haim Goren is Professor of Historical Geography, Tel Hai College, Israel. Sheffy) Palestine and the First World War: New Perspectives (2014
About the Author Haim Goren is Professor of Historical Geography, Tel Hai College, Israel. . He has a longstanding interest in the Holy Land, European activity in Ottoman Palestine and the Near East, and the history of the modern scientific study of these regions. He is the author of Dead Sea Level: Science, Exploration and Imperial Interests in the Near East (2011) and (with E.Dolev and Y. Sheffy) Palestine and the First World War: New Perspectives (2014), both published by I.B.Tauris.Bruno Schelhaas is Head of the Archive for Geography, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography,Leibniz, Germany. His interests include the history of geography and cartography, historical geography and archival science