Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps by Pegg, Richard A - 2014

University of Hawaii Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Hawaii Press, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tight, clean. *Almost* pristine.

University of Hawaii Press, 2014-08-31. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. (c2014). HARDCOVER.. FINE. NO jacket as issued. Estate acquisition. Book never opened. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Oblong Octovo. Profusely illustrated. 124pp. Full gray cloth covers. Silver lettered front & spine. Blind stamped on front cover.

University of Hawaii Press, 2014. Hardcover. New. New tightly bound oversized hardcover (9.7 x 11.7 inches) with grey cloth over boards. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes bibliography, glossary, and high quality photos. 124 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Maps are the manifestation of an intellectual construct of physical and metaphysical environments. They are rich cultural objects presenting and transmitting information about time and place of production. A map is not neutral - it is an interactive, constructed representation of space as perceived and presented by its maker and then interpreted by the viewer. Maps thus reveal methodological relationships between artistic and scientific approaches, aesthetics and functionality and form and content in the context of visual culture. And given their subjective nature, maps reproduce the views or perspectives of their makers. Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps is focused on a group of maps… Read More

Large-format oblong volume, measuring approximately 12" x 10", is bound in gray cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine and front cover. Book is new, still in shrinkwrap. 123 pages."Maps are the manifestation of an intellectual construct of physical and metaphysical environments. They are rich cultural objects presenting and transmitting information about time and place of production. A map is not neutral – it is an interactive, constructed representation of space as perceived and presented by its maker and then interpreted by the viewer. Maps thus reveal methodological relationships between artistic and scientific approaches, aesthetics and functionality and form and content in the context of visual culture. And given their subjective nature, maps reproduce the views or perspectives of their makers."Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps" is focused on a group of maps from the MacLean Collection, one of the world's largest private collections of maps. The maps presented here are in a wide… Read More

Univ of Hawaii Pr, 2014. Hardcover. New. 123 pages. 9.50x11.25x0.75 inches.