Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2006-2007
HIST 327 - HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY
Long Title: HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Geography is not destiny, nor is its art of representation, cartography. Map-making sits on the frontier between art and science, a boundary that has shifted across time and cultures. The first part of the course covers different conceptions of mapping; the second, the origin of the science of cartography.