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The map of Jerusalem (1538) by Hermanus Borculus and its copies - a carto-genealogical study
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The map of Jerusalem (1538) by Hermanus Borculus and its copies is a carto-genealogical study as mentioned in this paper. But the map of the city of Jerusalem is not available.Abstract:
(1990). The map of Jerusalem (1538) by Hermanus Borculus and its copies - a carto-genealogical study. The Cartographic Journal: Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 31-39.read more
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Systematic Assessment of Maps as Source Information in Landscape-change Research
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Assessing the Planimetric Accuracy of Historical Maps (Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries): New Methods and Potential for Coastal Landscape Reconstruction
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Comparative Accuracy in Four Civil War Maps of the Shenandoah Valley: A GIS Analysis*
TL;DR: Abert et al. as discussed by the authors compared the accuracy of four maps available to Union and Confederate officers during the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign of the American Civil War and found that the maps by the cartographers were at least as accurate or superior to the prewar Boye-Buchholtz map.
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The Mamluk City in the Middle East: History, Culture, and the Urban Landscape
TL;DR: The Mamluk City in the Middle East as discussed by the authors focuses on three less-explored but politically significant cities in the Syrian region - Jerusalem, Safad, and Tripoli -and presents a new approach and methodology for understanding historical cities.
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Neglected Treasures: Linking Historical Cartography with Environmental Changes in Java, Indonesia
TL;DR: The author’s analysis of the early maps of the Segara Anakan lagoon shows how information from complete but relatively inaccurate maps was repeatedly reproduced by map makers for about a century, while information from more accurate but incomplete maps was consistently ignored.