Kaarten Van de Nederlandse Antillen: Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius En Sint Maarten Tot 1900 Contributor(s): Renkema, W. E. (Author), Van Gestel-Van Het Schip, Paula (Editor), Ormeling, Ferjan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004301550 ISBN-13: 9789004301559 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $215.65 Product Type: Hardcover Language: Dutch Published: May 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Historical Geography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Technology & Engineering | Cartography |
Dewey: 526 |
Series: Explokart Studies in the History of Cartography |
Physical Information: 1.8" H x 9.8" W x 12.6" (8.10 lbs) 664 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This publication systematically categorizes and provides a nearly complete overview of the great variety of maps, both manuscript and printed, that have been made of the Dutch Antilles. The map descriptions are clarified with information on the creators of the maps and the historical background of the map image. The author has extensively studied how and for which reasons these maps were created. The cartobibliography is preceded by an extensive introduction in which the history of the islands and their inhabitants are described. In Dutch, with an English summary. |