Cosgrove D. Apollo’s Eye: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western Imagination

Baltimore, London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. — 352 p. — ISBN: O-8018-6491-7.Cosgrove builds his discussion around the key concepts of the globe as classical, Christian, oceanic, visionary, emblematic, enlightened, modern, and virtual. Each of these themes is explored in a chapter and the narrative marches through these ideas as individual epochs. They were not really contained in this way, of course, but it is useful methodology for analysis. More importantly, Cosgrove asks how conceiving of the Earth as a Christian globe, or a modern globe, or whatever else it has been envisioned over time has affected the evolution of Western Civilization. This book is very much focused on the West and western thought about the Earth; very little is considered concerning Asia, Africa, or other regions of the world. Most importantly, "Apollo’s Eye: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western Imagination" offers an significant contribution by focusing on the globalization of the recent past as a means to connect the peoples of the world into a larger whole. At some level Cosgrove invokes the Spaceship Earth concept in suggesting that human developments over time may be reaching a unity never seen before.Imperial and Poetic Globe.
Classical Globe.
Christian Globe.
Oceanic Globe.
Visionary Globe.
Emblematic Globe.
Enlightened Globe.
Modern Globe.
Virtual Globe.