"The History of Cartography: Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, ..." ed. by D.Woodward, G.M.Lewis

The indigenous maps discussed in this book offer a rich resource for disciplines such as anthropology, archaeology, art history, ethnology, geography, history, psychology, and sociology.

The maps in this book provide an evocative picture of how indigenous peoples view and represent their worlds. They illuminate not only questions of material culture but also the cognitive systems and social motivations that underpin them

Contents
Illustrations with Tables and Appendixes
Preface
1. Introduction - DAVID WOODWARD AND G. MALCOLM LEWIS
Traditional Cartography in Africa
2. Cartographic Content of Rock Art in Southern Africa - TIM MAGGS
3. Indigenous Mapmaking in Intertropical Africa - THOMAS J. BASSETT
Traditional Cartography in the Americas
4. Maps, Mapmaking, and Map Use by Native North Americans - G. MALCOLM LEWIS
5. Mesoamerican Cartography - BARBARA E. MUNDY
6. Mapmaking in the Central Andes - WILLIAM GUSTAV GARTNER
7. Indigenous Cartography in Lowland South America and the Caribbean - NEIL L. WHITEHEAD
Traditional Cartography in Arctic and Subarctic Eurasia
8. Traditional Cartography in Arctic and Subarctic Eurasia - ELENA OKLADNIKOVA
Traditional Cartography in Australia
9. Icons of Country: Topographic Representations in Classical Aboriginal Traditions - PETER SUTTON
10. Aboriginal Maps and Plans - PETER SUTTON
Traditional Cartography in the Pacific Basin
11. The Pacific Basin: An Introduction - BEN FINNEY
12. Traditional Cartography in Papua New Guinea - ERIC KLINE SILVERMAN
13. Nautical Cartography and Traditional Navigation in Oceania - BEN FINNEY
14. Maori Cartography and the European Encounter - PHILLIP LIONEL BARTON
15. Concluding Remarks - DAVID WOODWARD AND G. MALCOLM LEWIS
Bibliographical Index
General Index