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1、PrefaceBeforeintroducingthisthirdbookintheHistoryofourdefinitionofcartographycontinuedtoexpand,how•Cartography,Imustacknowledgethecrucialroleofever,itbecamenecessarytodividevolume2intotwoBrianHarleyinitsoriginanddevelopment.Hispercep•books.Wewerefacedwithcoveringawiderspectrumtion,knowledg
2、e,wisdom,anddynamismweresovitalofculturalandhistoricalartifacts,ataskthatdemandedtotheHistoryofCartographyProject,andthesequalitiesenormouslyexpandededitorialeffortsandstretchedthesoinfluential,thattheremainingvolumeswillbecomepatienceofourauthors,staff,andpublisher.hislastingmemorial.1Our
3、definitionof"map"provedtobeatthesametimeTheconceptionoftheHistoryofCartographyProjectliberatingandoverwhelming.InthePrefacetovolume1canbepinpointedtoaspecifictimeandplace.In1975wehadsuggestedthat"mapsaregraphicrepresentationsBrianproposedwritingafour-volume"Mappingofthatfacilitateaspatialu
4、nderstandingofthings,concepts,NorthAmerica."2Ihadcometoknowhimwellsinceconditions,processes,oreventsinthehumanworld."4hisKennethNebenzahl,Jr.,LecturesonMappingtheThisdefinitionexplicitlyfocusedonboththeformandAmericanRevolutionaryWar,andlateinMay1977Ithefunctionofmaps,forwebelievedthesetwi
5、naspectsvisitedhiminDevon,wherehetaughtattheUniversitywereintimatelylinked.RealizingfromtheoutsetthatofExeter.Wewerewalkingonacountryfootpathlead•thesevolumescouldnotembracethewholehistoryofinguptoHighweekChurch,nearBrian'shomeinNew•geographicperception,thought,andwriting,westronglytonAbbo
6、t,whenhisAmericanprojectagaincameupinbelievedthatthisapproachtomapsasmaterialcultureconversation.Insteadofhisfour-volumehistoryofNorthshouldbestressedforthelightitshedonthosebroaderAmericancartography,Isuggested,couldwenotjointlyissuesofhumanspatialandenvironmentalunderstandingeditafour-vo
7、lumeworldwide"HistoryofCartography"?andcommunication.Wedidnotsee"representations"Bythenextmonthwewereexchangingoutlinesandgen•asreplicationsormirrors,butratherviewedthemaseralideas,andthatsummerwewroteapreliminaryletterdescribingtheprojecttoAllenFitchen,thenhu