20710060 - HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY

Provide the students knowledge on history of cartography's theories (themes, sources and methods) and on the main trends in history of Italian cartography

Curriculum

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Mutuazione: 20710060 STORIA DELLA CARTOGRAFIA in Scienze umane per l'ambiente LM-1 MASETTI CARLA

Programme

The course will reconstruct the historical evolution of cartography, retracing the modes of representation from antiquity to the eighteenth-century geodetic revolution, up to the creation of the Military Geographic Institute. Particular emphasis will be given to the deconstruction of geocartographic materials, to their use in geo-historical research for the study of landscape transformations.

Attendance

attendance is recommended

Type of evaluation

The examination will take place orally or in writing (in this second case: with open answer questions or multiple choice) and will consist on the evaluation of the knowledge of the course content (course notes) and of the texts proposed during the course.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 20710060 STORIA DELLA CARTOGRAFIA in Scienze umane per l'ambiente LM-1 R MASETTI CARLA

Programme

The course will reconstruct the historical evolution of cartography, retracing the modes of representation from antiquity to the eighteenth-century geodetic revolution, up to the creation of the Military Geographic Institute. Particular emphasis will be given to the deconstruction of geocartographic materials, to their use in geo-historical research for the study of landscape transformations.

Attendance

attendance is recommended

Type of evaluation

The examination will take place orally or in writing (in this second case: with open answer questions or multiple choice) and will consist on the evaluation of the knowledge of the course content (course notes) and of the texts proposed during the course.