History of Cartography

“Paradise is now shut and locked, barred by angels; so now we must go forward, around the world, and see if somehow, somewhere there is a back way in.”
-Heinrich von Kleist 1811-

• CLASSICAL CARTOGRAPHY - Greek and Roman

• RELIGIOUS IMAGINATION - Middle Ages - 15c.

• PLAY OF INTELLECT - 1450-1570

• THEATRE OF THE WORLD - late 16c. - late 17c.

• SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION - late 17c. - Present

[Thrower, Norman. Maps & Man - An Examination of Cartography in Relation to Culture and Civilization. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. 1972: 184 pages.]

[Whitfield, Peter.  The Image of the World – 20 Centuries of World Maps

Pomegranate Artbooks, San Franscisco. 1994. 144 pages.]