HIS 135 - History of Cartography

Institution:

Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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Description:

While representing material space graphically has been a common human practice in virtually all times and places, the ways people have mapped and what they have chosen to represent as significant has varied enormously. In this World History course, students will study the mapping practices of such disparate peoples Australian Aborigines, Aztecs, and Ming Dynasty Chinese, and will examine the relationship between mapping and their larger cultures. Students will also study the development of modern mapping.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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