Spatio-temporal narratives : historical GIS and the study of global trading networks (1500-1800)

Summary: This book explores new methods and techniques for research about merchant networks and maritime routes of trade during the First Global Age through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a tool to visualize the formation of trading systems, database management, cartography and spatio-temporal analysis in Historical GIS. In doing so, the book focuses on key issues in understanding the birth of the so-called First Global Age (16th to 18th centuries): the integration of spatial econ ...

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ISBN: 9781443855426
ISBN: 1443855421
ISBN: 9781306858939
ISBN: 1306858933
ISBN: 1443860999
ISBN: 9781443860994
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 341 pages)
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Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2014.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; LITERATURE AND WORK CITED; ABBREVIATIONS; LIST OF IMAGES; INDEX
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.