CONTENTS 



List of Maps Page vii 



Preface ix 



Introduction xi 



Chapter i The Classical and Early Medieval Heritage 15 



II The Evolution of the Marine Chart 29 



III Catalan World Maps 39 



IV Fifteenth-century World Maps: Fra Mauro 



and Martin Behaim 51 



V The Revival of Ptolemy 68 



VI The Cartography of the Great Discoveries 77 



VII Topographical Surveys of the Fifteenth and 



Sixteenth Centuries 102 



VIII Mercator, Ortelius, and Their Successors 110 



IX The Reformation of Cartography in France 128 



X The British Contribution in the Eighteenth 



Century 141 



XI National Surveys and Modern Atlases 151 



Appendix i General Works on Cartography 173 



II Reproductions of Early Maps and Charts 174 



Index 177 



