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Philippine cartography, 1320-1899 / Carlos Quirino ; edited by Leovino Ma. Garcia.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines : Vibal Foundation, c2010.Description: xviii, 243 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col., some folded) 29 cmISBN:
  • 9789710538034
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GA 1231 .Q482 2010
Summary: and Filipinos at War (1981). Quirino was director of the National Library, founding curator of the Ayala Museum and Iconographic Archives, and follow of the Royal Geographic Society of the United Kingdom. He was the only Filipino to twice win the prestigious Republic Cultural Heritage Award. Summary: Lives of the Philippine Presidents (1952)Summary: The Young Aguinaldo (1969)Summary: PHILIPPINE CARTOGRAPHY In this Landmark history of Philippine maps and their cartographers, National Artist Carlos Quirino sixteenth century as a nebulous speck in the vast Pacific Ocean and envolved in fits and starts over four centuries into its current iconography, The Philippines as a geographical and ideological concept is given form by a long line of illustrious cartographers from many cultures and times, among them Gerardus Mercator, Sebastian Munster, Robert Dudley, Pedro Murillo Velarde, and homegrown Jose Algue, SJ, Ranging from ancient Chinese scrolls to intricate atlases, Quirino writes a history full of heroics and everyday routine, of personal and national rivalries, of influential mistakes and brillant insights. First published in a limited edition in 1959 and publish a second time in Amsterdam, the third edition of Philippine Cartography showcases more than 120 maps from the finest collections in the Philippines and the most comprehensive bibliography of Philippine maps. This edition also contains a fresh and authoritative introduction by map collector and scholar Dr. Leovino Ma. Garcia, With its crudite text and unparalleled reproductions of rare maps and views, the book will delight everyone with an interest in antiquities, history, geography, and maps as instuments of power and vessels of beauty. Today it remains the lone comprehensive work on Philippine maps and their history... The third edition of philippine Cartography is a long-awaited reissue of an eminet work. RUDOLF J.H. LIETZ, E.R.G.S. This book is a brilliantly illustrated analysis of the slow process by which the Philippine Islands were first incorporated in the world map. PAUL WHEATLEY, GEOGRAPHER CARLOS QUIRINO (1910-1999) became National Artist for Historical literature in 1997, a fitting tribute to his groundbreaking historical and biographical writings. Among his works are The Great Malayan (1940), a prizewinning biography of Jose Rizal
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Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana Reference GA 1231 .Q482 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA2012002155

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and index.

and Filipinos at War (1981). Quirino was director of the National Library, founding curator of the Ayala Museum and Iconographic Archives, and follow of the Royal Geographic Society of the United Kingdom. He was the only Filipino to twice win the prestigious Republic Cultural Heritage Award.

Lives of the Philippine Presidents (1952)

The Young Aguinaldo (1969)

PHILIPPINE CARTOGRAPHY In this Landmark history of Philippine maps and their cartographers, National Artist Carlos Quirino sixteenth century as a nebulous speck in the vast Pacific Ocean and envolved in fits and starts over four centuries into its current iconography, The Philippines as a geographical and ideological concept is given form by a long line of illustrious cartographers from many cultures and times, among them Gerardus Mercator, Sebastian Munster, Robert Dudley, Pedro Murillo Velarde, and homegrown Jose Algue, SJ, Ranging from ancient Chinese scrolls to intricate atlases, Quirino writes a history full of heroics and everyday routine, of personal and national rivalries, of influential mistakes and brillant insights. First published in a limited edition in 1959 and publish a second time in Amsterdam, the third edition of Philippine Cartography showcases more than 120 maps from the finest collections in the Philippines and the most comprehensive bibliography of Philippine maps. This edition also contains a fresh and authoritative introduction by map collector and scholar Dr. Leovino Ma. Garcia, With its crudite text and unparalleled reproductions of rare maps and views, the book will delight everyone with an interest in antiquities, history, geography, and maps as instuments of power and vessels of beauty. Today it remains the lone comprehensive work on Philippine maps and their history... The third edition of philippine Cartography is a long-awaited reissue of an eminet work. RUDOLF J.H. LIETZ, E.R.G.S. This book is a brilliantly illustrated analysis of the slow process by which the Philippine Islands were first incorporated in the world map. PAUL WHEATLEY, GEOGRAPHER CARLOS QUIRINO (1910-1999) became National Artist for Historical literature in 1997, a fitting tribute to his groundbreaking historical and biographical writings. Among his works are The Great Malayan (1940), a prizewinning biography of Jose Rizal

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