PřF:Z0010 History of cartography 1

Z0010 Cartology and history of cartography 1

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Milan Václav Drápela, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Z0118 Thematic cartography || Z0119 Thematic cartography (t)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Cartography and Geoinformatics)
Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography (programme PřF, M-SS)

Syllabus

Beginnings of cartography. Antique cartography of the Near East countries, China, Middle and South America, Greece and Egypt, Rome. Middle Ages cartography: European, outside European - Byzatine and Arabian. Renaissance of cartography. Modern cartography: great discoveries period, chorographic maps, cartographic school of the Netherlands, French, English and German schools. Rating and manner of using of early maps and a flases. Map archives and map collections in the Czech Republic and in the world.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001.