ATLASES AND MAPS
Make a start with:
The Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world [print + CD-ROM]
[This comprehensive atlas spans the entire period and spatial spread of Greek and Roman civilisation. Temporally, it covers the period from 1,000 BC/BCE to AD/CE 650. Updates to the Atlas can be found at the Ancient World Mapping Center web site]
Other atlases held by the library can be identified through the following catalogue searches:
Ancient history atlases and maps
Greece Atlases and Maps
Rome Atlases and Maps
The following Web-based maps may also be helpful:
Maps of the Roman Empire
[provides links to Web-based images of maps]
Oriental Institute Map Series
[a series of Site Maps covering the ancient Near East (Egypt, Sudan, The Levant, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran)
The following are some starting points for researching ancient maps & cartography
Ancient Bibliography [web access]
[forms part of the Cartographic Images: Ancient and Medieval Maps web site and is a bibliography of further reading for ancient maps]
Classical atlases [electronic]
[Published in vol. 80 (1987) of Classical World, this is a review by C. Foss of twelve 20th century classical atlases. Also available in print format]
Greek and Roman maps [print ]
[Follows the development of map-making skills, beginning in Babylonia and Egypt, through the contributions of Greeks & Romans to the Age of Discovery]
History of cartography [print]
[Volume 1 of this publication covers cartography in prehistoric, ancient, and medieval Europe and the Mediterranean]
Mapping the classical world : major atlases and map series 1872-1990 [print]
[Published in volume 5 (1992) of the Journal of Roman Archaeology, this article reviews cartographic materials on the classical world]
To find additional information on ancient maps and cartography try browsing the following subject headings:
Cartography History
Early maps
Atlases which deal with a specific subject (such as Archaeology) are listed in individual subject guides (note that the Geography & Environment subject guide includes topographic & place-names information)
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