Thematic Issue: The Social Lives of Maps, Volume 1最新文献

The Dutch East India Company (VOC) Tasman Map and Australia: Competing Interests, Myth Making, and an Australian Icon 荷兰东印度公司(VOC)塔斯曼地图和澳大利亚:竞争利益，神话制造，和澳大利亚的标志

Thematic Issue: The Social Lives of Maps, Volume 1 Pub Date : 2022-08-10 DOI: 10.7202/1091245ar

L. Stevens, Lynette Russell

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Beyond the Artifact: Unfolding Medieval, Algorithmic, and Unruly Lives of Maps 超越神器:展现地图的中世纪、算法和不羁生活

Thematic Issue: The Social Lives of Maps, Volume 1 Pub Date : 2022-08-10 DOI: 10.7202/1091244ar

Stephen Wöll

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World Views: Cartographers, Artisanship and Epistemology in Early Modern Italy 世界观:近代早期意大利的制图师、工艺和认识论

Thematic Issue: The Social Lives of Maps, Volume 1 Pub Date : 2022-08-10 DOI: 10.7202/1091246ar

Sean P. Roberts

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Introduction to The Social Lives of Maps Volume 1 地图的社会生活》第一卷导言

Thematic Issue: The Social Lives of Maps, Volume 1 Pub Date : 2022-08-10 DOI: 10.7202/1091237ar

Lauren Beck

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Creative Expression and the Material Culture of Italian POWs in the United States During World War II 二战期间在美国的意大利战俘的创作表现和物质文化

Thematic Issue: The Social Lives of Maps, Volume 1 Pub Date : 2022-08-10 DOI: 10.7202/1091238ar

Laura E. Ruberto

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