Theater of the World

by Thomas Reinertsen Berg

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  Elliott, Tom: ‘Constructing a digital edition for the Peutinger Map’ in Talbert & Unger, 2008.

  Enebakk, Vidar: ‘Kartlegging i tid og rom’ [‘Mapping in time and space’] in Bagge, Sverre; Collett, John Petter & Kjus, Audun (eds.): P.A. Munch: Historiker og nasjonsbygger [P. A. Munch: Historian and Nation B
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  Farman, Jason: ‘Mapping the Digital Empire: Google Earth and the Process of Postmodern Cartography’ in Dodge, Kitchin and Perkins: The Map Reader, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, 2011.

  Felt, Hali: Soundings. The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor, Picador, New York, 2013.

  Finnegan, Terrence J.: Shooting the Front. Allied Aerial Reconnaissance and Photographic Interpretation on the Western Front–World War I, National Defense Intelligence College Press, Washington DC, 2007.

  Fløttre, Nils H.: Satellitter og miljøovervåkning [Satellites and Environmental Surveillance], Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 1995.

  Fra Mauro: My Old Maps has an English translation of Fra Mauro’s texts: myoldmaps.com/late-medieval-maps-1300/249-fra-mauros-mappamundi/fra-mauro-transcriptions.pdf

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  Geller, Tom: ‘Imaging the World: The State of Online Mapping’ in Dodge, Kitchin and Perkins: The Map Reader, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, 2011.

  Gerritsz, Hessel: Detectio Freti Hudsoni, Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 1878. Translated to English by Fred. John Millard.

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  : ‘Route Maps from the 1860s into the Early Twentieth Century: Competition, Evolution, and Specialization’ in Ginsberg, William: Maps and Mapping of Norway, 1602–1855, Septentrionalium Press, New York, 2009.

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  Harrell, James: ‘Turin Papyrus Map From Ancient Egypt’ at eeescience. utoledo.edu/faculty/harrell/egypt/Turin%20Papyrus/Harrell_Papyrus_Map_text.htm

  Harsson, Bjørn Geirr: ‘Historien bak Statens kartverk og kartleggingens historie’ [‘The story behind the Norwegian Mapping Authority and the history of mapping’] in Lokalhistorisk magasin [Local History Magazine], Trondheim, 01 2009. lokalhistoriskmagasin.no/utgivelser/pdf/lokalhistorisk-magasin-2009-01

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  Harwood, Jeremy: World War II From Above. An Aerial View of the Global Conflict, Zenith Press, Minneapolis, 2014.

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