Cartographic ideals and geopolitical realities: International maps of the world from the 1890s to the present

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-176

  Pearson, Alastair ^a   Taylor, D R Fraser ^b   Kline, Karen D ^c   Heffernan, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; MAPPING; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 33744911648     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-3658.2006.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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