Historical Maps of Europe

by Swift, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780785812166
• ISBN10: 0785812164
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Book Sales

Summary

The turbulent history of Europe is seen through the cartography that charted the continent's development. Beautiful and ancient maps abound along with a text that illuminates the changes reflected in these earliest examples of this scientific artform.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
The Dark and Middle Ages: the British Isles	p. 7
The Dark and Middle Ages: Scandinavia	p. 8
The Dark and Middle Ages: Germany	p. 8
The Dark and Middle Ages: France	p. 8
The Dark and Middle Ages: the Iberian Peninsula	p. 9
The Dark and Middle Ages: Italy	p. 9
The Dark and Middle Ages: the Balkans	p. 9
The Crusades	p. 10
The Fall of the Byzantine Empire	p. 10
The Hanseatic League	p. 11
The Dawn of the Modern Age	p. 11
Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries	p. 12
The Age of the Sun King	p. 13
Europe under the Ancien Regime	p. 13
The Rise of Napoleon	p. 15
The Napoleonic Wars	p. 16
Europe after Napoleon	p. 18
1848--Year of Revolutions	p. 19
The Cartography
A Note on the Maps	p. 22
Reasons for Cartography	p. 22
The Development of Cartography	p. 23
The Maps
Battle of Mohacs 1526	p. 24
Siege of Vienna 1529	p. 24
Ireland 1567	p. 25
Westminster 1585	p. 26
Cadiz Harbour 1587	p. 27
Wales 1610	p. 28
Western France 1636	p. 29
Portugal 1653	p. 30
Dutch Coast 1673	p. 31
Tangier 1679	p. 32
Battle of Fleurus 1690	p. 33
St. Malo 1693	p. 34
St. Malo 1700	p. 35
Ile de Re 1700	p. 36
Ghent Canal 1696	p. 37
Belgium and the Netherlands 1701-12	p. 38
Blenheim 1704	p. 39
Pas de Calais 1707	p. 40
The Rhine 1711	p. 41
German Empire 1715	p. 42
Corfu 1716	p. 44
Belgrade 1717	p. 45
La Rochelle 1718	p. 46
Aragon 1719	p. 47
Toulouse 1720	p. 48
Low Countries 1730	p. 49
Eastern Lombardy 1736	p. 50
Siege of Philipsbourg 1734	p. 52
Ukraine 1736	p. 53
Mediterranean Sea 1738	p. 54
Prague 1742	p. 55
Finland 1743	p. 56
Scotland 1745/46	p. 58
Brussels 1745	p. 59
Rome 1748	p. 60
Berlin 1757	p. 62
France 1756	p. 63
Central Europe 1763	p. 66
Partition of Poland 1658-1815	p. 68
Home Counties, England 1774-76	p. 70
River Carente	p. 71
Switzerland 1782	p. 72
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1783	p. 73
Europe 1783-1807	p. 74
Madrid 1785	p. 78
Norway and Sweden 1785	p. 79
Austrian Netherlands 1789	p. 80
Portugal 1790	p. 82
France 1790-91	p. 83
Italy 1803	p. 88
Luxembourg City 1801	p. 89
Europe 1800	p. 90
Europe 1805	p. 102
North Italy 1798	p. 103
Copenhagen 1807	p. 104
Pyrenees-Adriatic 1811	p. 105
Belgium 1814	p. 106
Spain 1770	p. 108
Peninsular War 1808-14	p. 109
Europe 1815/16	p. 110
Russia 1815/16	p. 111
United Kingdom 1815/16	p. 112
France 1815-16	p. 113
European Courier Routes c. 1820	p. 114
Italy 1825	p. 116
Greece, Albania 1827	p. 118
Zante 1821	p. 119
Liverpool-Manchester Railway c. 1826	p. 120
Canals of Lancashire c. 1826	p. 120
Lancashire c. 1820	p. 121
Montenegro 1856-78	p. 122
Istanbul 1836	p. 123
Russia 1828	p. 124
Black Sea 1848	p. 125
Koblenz 1834	p. 126
Edinburgh 1837	p. 127
Edinburgh Castle 1836	p. 127
Ottoman Empire 1843	p. 128
Hungary c. 1845	p. 129
Berlin c. 1850	p. 130
Naples c. 1850	p. 131
Italy 1853	p. 132
Finland 1854-60	p. 133
Denmark 1864	p. 134
Central Europe 1866-67	p. 136
Europe 1858	p. 138
Sweden 1866	p. 140
Corinth Canal 1893	p. 141
Balkans 1897	p. 142
Channel Islands	p. 143
Index of maps	p. 144
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