Robert W Karrow
Biographic Data
| ID | 968442 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert W Karrow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Karrow |
| SIGNATURE | KARROW R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oak Park, Illinois |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Douglas Sims (1945–2023)
Kenneth Nebenzahl (16 September 1927–29 January 2020)
Kenneth Nebenzahl, internationally known antiquarian book- and mapseller, author, and supporter and benefactor of the field of the history of cartography, passed away peacefully at his home in Gl
Atlas
Great Maps
I confess, my first thought upon being asked to review this volume was ‘Just what the world needs—another coffee-table book with pictures of old maps!’ But after reading the first dozen map narrati
Die Welt als Buch
Gerhard Mercator’s great atlas was completed in 1595, the year after his death, by his son Rumold. Two earlier parts, with maps of France, Switzerland, the Low Countries, Germany, Italy, Slavonia a
A Renaissance Globemaker’s Toolbox
Johannes Schoner first attracted scholarly attention in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when Americanists discovered the striking depiction of the New World on examples of his globes. S
The Natures of Maps
Reviewed by: The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World Robert W. Karrow Jr. (bio) The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World. By Denis Wood and John Fels. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Pp. xvii+230. $49. More than twenty years ago, our two authors’ first collaboration was an article that attempted to bring the full power of semiological thought to bear on the map, dissecting it wi…
Ptolemy's "Geography"
The only complete English translation of Ptolemy's Geography is that by Edward Luther Stevenson, published by the New York Public Library in 1932. An expensive edition, limited to 250 copies, it was long out of print until reissued as a Dover paperback in 1991. Two generations of English-speaking readers thus know the Geography only through Stevenson's translation, which is very flawed. The most recent scholarly treatment in English of Ptolemy's …
Ladislaus Sunthayms geographisches Werk und seine Rezeption durch Sebastian Munster
Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century and their Maps
The Cadastral Map in the Service of the State
Throughout history the control of land has been the basis of power. Cadastral maps, records of property ownership, played an important role in the rise of modern Europe as tools for the consolidation and extension of land-based national power. The Cadastral Map in the Service of the State, illustrated with 126 maps, traces the development and application of rural property mapping in Europe from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century. Begi…
Past Perfect
Past Imperfect
Lawrence W. Towner was head of one of the country's largest independent research libraries. He was also an eloquent spokesman for the needs of scholars and institutions in the humanities. While at the Newberry Library, he built and focused its prestigious collections, pioneered in the preservation of books, and created major research centers. His efforts established the library as a community of scholars while encouraging its use by students and …
Fourteenth international conference on the history of cartography, Uppsala and Stockholm, 14–19 June 1991
Scholar's Guide to Washington, D.C., for Cartography and Remote Sensing Imagery (Maps, Charts, Aerial Photographs, Satellite Images, Cartographic Literature, and Geographic Information Systems) . Ralp…
American Maps and Mapmakers
Technological Transition in Cartography
Was John Marmin's "Self-Propelled Vehicle" a Sailcar
Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century and their Maps
Great Maps
I confess, my first thought upon being asked to review this volume was ‘Just what the world needs—another coffee-table book with pictures of old maps!’ But after reading the first dozen map narrati
Fourteenth international conference on the history of cartography, Uppsala and Stockholm, 14–19 June 1991
Was John Marmin's "Self-Propelled Vehicle" a Sailcar
American Maps and Mapmakers
Technological Transition in Cartography
Scholar's Guide to Washington, D.C., for Cartography and Remote Sensing Imagery (Maps, Charts, Aerial Photographs, Satellite Images, Cartographic Literature, and Geographic Information Systems) . Ralp…
Fourteenth international conference on the history of cartography, Uppsala and Stockholm, 14–19 June 1991
Past Imperfect
Lawrence W. Towner was head of one of the country's largest independent research libraries. He was also an eloquent spokesman for the needs of scholars and institutions in the humanities. While at the Newberry Library, he built and focused its prestigious collections, pioneered in the preservation of books, and created major research centers. His efforts established the library as a community of scholars while encouraging its use by students and …
The Cadastral Map in the Service of the State
Throughout history the control of land has been the basis of power. Cadastral maps, records of property ownership, played an important role in the rise of modern Europe as tools for the consolidation and extension of land-based national power. The Cadastral Map in the Service of the State, illustrated with 126 maps, traces the development and application of rural property mapping in Europe from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century. Begi…
Past Perfect
Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century and their Maps
Ladislaus Sunthayms geographisches Werk und seine Rezeption durch Sebastian Munster
Ptolemy's "Geography"
The only complete English translation of Ptolemy's Geography is that by Edward Luther Stevenson, published by the New York Public Library in 1932. An expensive edition, limited to 250 copies, it was long out of print until reissued as a Dover paperback in 1991. Two generations of English-speaking readers thus know the Geography only through Stevenson's translation, which is very flawed. The most recent scholarly treatment in English of Ptolemy's …
The Natures of Maps
Reviewed by: The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World Robert W. Karrow Jr. (bio) The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World. By Denis Wood and John Fels. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Pp. xvii+230. $49. More than twenty years ago, our two authors’ first collaboration was an article that attempted to bring the full power of semiological thought to bear on the map, dissecting it wi…
A Renaissance Globemaker’s Toolbox
Johannes Schoner first attracted scholarly attention in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when Americanists discovered the striking depiction of the New World on examples of his globes. S
Die Welt als Buch
Gerhard Mercator’s great atlas was completed in 1595, the year after his death, by his son Rumold. Two earlier parts, with maps of France, Switzerland, the Low Countries, Germany, Italy, Slavonia a
Great Maps
I confess, my first thought upon being asked to review this volume was ‘Just what the world needs—another coffee-table book with pictures of old maps!’ But after reading the first dozen map narrati
Atlas
Kenneth Nebenzahl (16 September 1927–29 January 2020)
Kenneth Nebenzahl, internationally known antiquarian book- and mapseller, author, and supporter and benefactor of the field of the history of cartography, passed away peacefully at his home in Gl
Douglas Sims (1945–2023)
Geography (12 works) · Cartography (11 works) · History (10 works) · Historical Geography and Cartography (9 works) · Art (7 works) · History (7 works) · Art history (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Engineering (3 works)