Mapping the Holy Land

Mapping the Holy Land
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 221
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ISBN-10 : 9780857727855
ISBN-13 : 0857727850
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Book Synopsis Mapping the Holy Land by : Bruno Schelhaas

Download or read book Mapping the Holy Land written by Bruno Schelhaas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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.


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