Apollo's Eye
A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western Imagination
by Denis Cosgrove
"In Apollo's Eye, geographer Denis Cosgrove examines the historical implications for the West of conceiving and representing the earth as a globe: a unified, spherical body. Cosgrove traces how ideas of globalism and globalization have shifted historically in relation to changing images of the earth, from antiquity to the Space Age. He connects the evolving image of a unified globe to politically powerful conceptions of human unity.".
"Cosgrove's analysis traces a pattern of associations between global images and the formation of Western identities, paying tribute to the richly complex cosmographic tradition out of which today's geographical imagination has emerged."--BOOK JACKET.
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Geographical perception, Globes, Landscape & environment, Geography - general & miscellaneous, Perception géographique, Globes (Cartographie), Globes terrestres, TRAVEL, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Hikes & Walks, Budget, Special Interest, Ecotourism, Parks & Campgrounds, Reference, Road Travel, Adventure, Aarde (planeet), Kaarten (geografie), Afbeeldingen (algemeen), Beeldvorming| Edition | Availability |
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Apollo's Eye: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western Imagination
September 10, 2003, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0801874440 9780801874444
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Apollo's Eye: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western Imagination
February 7, 2001, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Hardcover
in English
0801864917 9780801864919
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"In Greek and Roman mythology Phoebus Apollo drives the sun's golden chariot above the terrestrial sphere, tracing the diurnal arc."
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