The History of Cartography, Volume 4

The History of Cartography, Volume 4
Author: Matthew H. Edney
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 1803
Release: 2020-05-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 022633922X

Since its launch in 1987, the History of Cartography series has garnered critical acclaim and sparked a new generation of interdisciplinary scholarship. Cartography in the European Enlightenment, the highly anticipated fourth volume, offers a comprehensive overview of the cartographic practices of Europeans, Russians, and the Ottomans, both at home and in overseas territories, from 1650 to 1800. The social and intellectual changes that swept Enlightenment Europe also transformed many of its mapmaking practices. A new emphasis on geometric principles gave rise to improved tools for measuring and mapping the world, even as large-scale cartographic projects became possible under the aegis of powerful states. Yet older mapping practices persisted: Enlightenment cartography encompassed a wide variety of processes for making, circulating, and using maps of different types. The volume’s more than four hundred encyclopedic articles explore the era’s mapping, covering topics both detailed—such as geodetic surveying, thematic mapping, and map collecting—and broad, such as women and cartography, cartography and the economy, and the art and design of maps. Copious bibliographical references and nearly one thousand full-color illustrations complement the detailed entries.

Bibliography of the Rhinoceros

Bibliography of the Rhinoceros
Author: L.C. Rookmaaker
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2020-08-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1000162281

A listing and analysis of 3106 references to the rhinoceros in books and articles.

History of the Coelacanth Fishes

History of the Coelacanth Fishes
Author: Peter Forey
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 478
Release: 1997-11-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780412784804

This book evaluates the reputation of the coelacanth, presenting up-to-date accounts of the structure of fossil coelacanths, and suggests a family history to show that there have been subtle but significant changes in coelacanth history.

Guidelines for the capture and management of digital zoological names information

Guidelines for the capture and management of digital zoological names information
Author:
Publisher: GBIF
Total Pages: 126
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 8792020445

This guide provides detailed advice to those working with zoological names on how to digitize and manage this type of information in a standard and consistent way. It includes a guide to verifying the correctness of zoological names and a best practice guide for uniform spellings, with particular focus on the names of the authors.