Philippine Cartography 1320-1899 (Filipiniana Clasica)
(Special 3rd Edition In this landmark history of Philippin...)
Special 3rd Edition In this landmark history of Philippine maps and their cartogaphes, National Artist Carlos Quirino recounts how the concept of the Philippines emerged in the late sixteenth cnetury as a nebulous spec in the vast Pacific Ocean and evolved in fits and starts over four centuries into its current iconography. The Philippines as a geographical and ideological concept is given form by a long line of illustrious cartographers from many cultures and times, among them Gerardus Mercator, Sebastian Munster, Robert Dudley, Pedro Murillo Velarde, and homegrown Jose Algue, SJ. Ranging from ancient Chinese scrolls to intricate atlases, Quirino writes a history full of heroics and everday routine, of personal and national rivalries, of influential mistakes and brilliant insights. First published in a limited edition in 1959 and published a second time in Amersterdam, the third edition of Philippine Cartography showcases more than 120 maps from the finest collections in the Philippines and the most comprehensive bibliography of Philippine maps. This edition also contains a fresh and authoritative introduction by map collector and scholard D. Leovino Ma. Garcia. With its erudite text and unparalleled reproduction of rare maps and views the book will delight everyone with an interest in antiquities, history, geography, and maps as instruments of power and vessels of beauty. "Today it remains the lone comprehensive work on Philippine maps and their history...The third edition of Philippine Cartography is a long-awaited reissue of an eminent work." -- Rudolf J.H. Lietz, E.R.G.S. "This book is a brilliantly illustrated analysis of the slow process by which the Philippine Islands were first incorporated in the world map." --Paul Wheatley, Geographer Quirino was director of the National Library, founding curator of the Ayala Museum and Iconographic Archives. He was the only Filipino to twice win the prestigious Republic Cultural Heritage Award
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