Working with old maps: Charting the reception and legacy of blaeu's 1654 atlas novus

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-310

  Withers, Charles W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Book history; Cartographic legacy; Reception studies

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; HISTORY; MAP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645813644     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00369220518737240     Document Type: Article

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