GPH 353 - Historical Cartography

3 Credit(s) DIII

Maps are a geographer’s primary tool, and their creation is the function of cartography. The course acquaints students with cartographic traditions of selected cultures and times, focuses on American maps from the 19th and 20th centuries as archival resources, and examines the elements of cartographic style. Three lecture hours per week. Not open to students who have received credit for GGR243.