Evolution of Cartography
Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
GEOGR |
13 |
GEOGR - Study Plan |
2 |
- |
6 |
4 |
|
3 |
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To frame the History of Cartography in the History of Geography and History of Science and Technology. To know the main stages of the History of Cartography mainly the History of Portuguese Cartography.
Learning outcomes and competences
To know the processes of production, dissemination and consumption of cartographic images along History. To know the main cartographers, cartographical institutions and their works in the frame of the differents national schools mainly the Portuguese.
Working method
Presencial
Program
1 - Evolution of the History of Cartography.
2 - Cartography in Antiquity.
3 - Travels and medieval maps.
4 - Geographical discoveries: mapping the World by Europeans.
5 - Terrestrial Cartography: between administration and war.
6 - "Scientific" Cartography and its institutionalization: academies, societies and institutes.
7 - Maps of Empires and colonization.
8 - Topographical Cartography and Thematic Cartography.
Mandatory literature
Alegria, Maria Fernanda;
Cartografia antiga de Portugal continental
Alegria, Maria Fernanda, 1942- 070;
História da cartografia portuguesa. ISBN: 978-989-8171-27-6
Buisseret, David 340;
Monarchs ministers and maps. ISBN: 0-226-07987-2
Campbell, Tony;
Early maps. ISBN: 0-89659-191-3
Cortesão, Armando;
Cartografia portuguesa antiga
Cortesão, Armando;
History of portuguese cartography
Cortesão, Armando;
Portugaliae monumenta cartographica
Dias, Maria Helena;
Glossário para indexação de documentos cartográficos
Dias, Maria Helena 340;
Os mapas em Portugal. ISBN: 972-8081-70-7
Dias, Maria Helena;
As^mapotecas portuguesas e a divulgação do património cartográfico nacional
Edney, Matthew H.;
Mapping an empire. ISBN: 0-226-18488-9
Garcia, João Carlos 340;
Atlas universal de Fernão Vaz Dourado. ISBN: 978-84-96400-92-4
Harley, J. B. 340;
Cartography in prehistoric, ancient, and medieval Europe and the Mediterranean. ISBN: 0-226-31633-5
Jacob, Christian;
L.empire des cartes. ISBN: 2-226-06083-9
Monmonier, Mark;
How to lie with maps. ISBN: 0-226-53421-9
Palsky, Gilles;
Des chiffres et des cartes. ISBN: 2-7355-0336-3
Pelletier, Monique;
Cartographie de la France et du monde de la renaissance au siècle des lumières. ISBN: 2-7177-2176-2
Randles, W. G. L.;
Geography, cartography and nautical science in the renaissance. ISBN: 0-86078-836-9
Thrower, Norman J. W.;
Maps and civilization. ISBN: 0-226-79973-5
Wood, Denis;
The power of maps. ISBN: 0-415-09666-9
Woodward, David 340;
Art and cartography. ISBN: 0226907228
Woodward, David 340;
Cartography in the traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific societies. ISBN: 0-226-90728-7
Teaching methods and learning activities
The combination of theory and practice.
keywords
Humanities > History > History of science
Social sciences > Geography
Humanities
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Participação presencial |
10,00 |
Teste |
30,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
30,00 |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto |
30,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese |
16,00 |
Estudo autónomo |
60,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
56,00 |
Trabalho de investigação |
30,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
According to Pedagogical Board Rules
Calculation formula of final grade
Participation in classes = 10%
Research paper = 30%
Oral presentation = 30%
Written test = 30%
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not applicable.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
According to the Evaluation Rules
Classification improvement
According to the Evaluation Rules