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Historical Maps

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Course Unit Code544-0181/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
CER51doc. Ing. Pavel Černota, Ph.D.
Summary
Development of cartography, geodesy and their products, instruments, tools, but mainly working methods individual civilization centers and in relation to other scientific, technical, cultural and other activities of the society. Development of institutionalization of geodetic and cartographic services. Participation of Czech technicians in the development of instruments and aids for geodetic and cartographic works. History of geodetic and mapping works in the territory of the state. Old and historical maps and atlases.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Development of cartography, geodesy and their products, instruments, tools, but mainly working methods individual civilization centers and in relation to other scientific, technical, cultural and other activities of the society. Development of institutionalization of geodetic and cartographic services. Participation of Czech technicians in the development of instruments and aids for geodetic and cartographic works. History of geodetic and mapping works in the territory of the state. Old and historical maps and atlases.
Course Contents
1. Prehistory and antiquity in geodesy and cartography.
2. The Middle Ages in cartography (church, maritime, non-European cartography; cosmography).
3. Discovering travels and travelers, important geodetic personalities and expeditions.
4. Renaissance and Reformation in geodesy and cartography.
5. Old and historical instruments and aids for measurement of basic geodetic quantities and for cartometric tasks.
6. Development of instrumentation and mapping methods.
7. Old and historical cartographic works in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (and Slovakia).
8. First military mapping.
9. Detailed mapping of European countries, development of cadastre on the territory of the Habsburg monarchy.
10. Historical mining maps.
11. Historical forest maps.
12. Historical water management maps.
13. Historical cadastral maps.
14. Important map collections and archives, museums and geodetic artifacts in the landscape.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BLACK, J.: Vision of the world: a history of maps. MITCH 2006, 176 s. ISBN 978-1840008340
HÁNEK, P.: Data z dějin zeměměřictví: 25 tisíc let oboru (Data k dějinám zeměměřictví). 2. vyd., Praha, Klaudian, 2012, 160 s. ISBN 978-80-902524-4-8
KLVAŇA, M.: Atlas důlních map zaniklých dolů kadaňsko – chomutovského regionu, SD, a.s. Chomutov, 2019, 245 s. ISBN 978-80-907271-3-7
SEMOTANOVÁ, E.: Mapy Čech, Moravy a Slezska v zrcadle staletí. Dotisk 1. vydání, Praha: Libri, 2006, 264 s. ISBN 80-7277-078-6
BLACK, J.: Vision of the world: a history of maps. MITCH 2006, 176 s. ISBN 978-1840008340
Recommended Reading:
LEWIS, M. J. T.: Surveying Instruments of Greece and Rome. Cambridge University Press, 2001, 389 s. ISBN 9780521792974
BOGUSZAK, F., CÍSAŘ, J.: Vývoj mapového zobrazení území Československé socialistické republiky. III. Díl: Mapování a měření českých zemí od poloviny 18. století do počátku 20. století. Ústřední správa geodézie a kartografie, Praha, 1961, 262 s.
LEWIS, M. J. T.: Surveying Instruments of Greece and Rome. Cambridge University Press, 2001, 389 s. ISBN 9780521792974
MARŠÍKOVÁ, M., MARŠÍK, Z.: Dějiny zeměměřictví a pozemkových úprav v Čechách a na Moravě v kontextu světového vývoje. 1. vyd. Praha, Libri 2007, 182 s. ISBN 978–80–7277–318–3
NOVÝ, L. a kol.: Dějiny techniky v Československu do konce 18. století. Praha, Academia 1974, 668 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 51