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Author: Mary Sponberg Pedley
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005-06
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 0226653412
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Download or read book The Commerce of Cartography written by Mary Sponberg Pedley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author: Mary Sponberg Pedley
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2022-06-30
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 022681758X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThough the political and intellectual history of mapmaking in the eighteenth century is well established, the details of its commercial revolution have until now been widely scattered. In The Commerce of Cartography, Mary Pedley presents a vivid picture of the costs and profits of the mapmaking industry in England and France, and reveals how the economics of map trade affected the content and appearance of the maps themselves. Conceptualizing the relationship between economics and cartography, Pedley traces the process of mapmaking from compilation, production, and marketing to consumption, reception, and criticism. In detailing the rise of commercial cartography, Pedley explores qualitative issues of mapmaking as well. Why, for instance, did eighteenth-century ideals of aesthetics override the modern values of accuracy and detail? And what, to an eighteenth-century mind and eye, qualified as a good map? A thorough and engaging study of the business of cartography during the Enlightenment, The Commerce of Cartography charts a new cartographic landscape and will prove invaluable to scholars of economic history, historical geography, and the history of publishing.
Download or read book The Commerce of Cartography written by Mary Sponberg Pedley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the political and intellectual history of mapmaking in the eighteenth century is well established, the details of its commercial revolution have until now been widely scattered. In The Commerce of Cartography, Mary Pedley presents a vivid picture of the costs and profits of the mapmaking industry in England and France, and reveals how the economics of map trade affected the content and appearance of the maps themselves. Conceptualizing the relationship between economics and cartography, Pedley traces the process of mapmaking from compilation, production, and marketing to consumption, reception, and criticism. In detailing the rise of commercial cartography, Pedley explores qualitative issues of mapmaking as well. Why, for instance, did eighteenth-century ideals of aesthetics override the modern values of accuracy and detail? And what, to an eighteenth-century mind and eye, qualified as a good map? A thorough and engaging study of the business of cartography during the Enlightenment, The Commerce of Cartography charts a new cartographic landscape and will prove invaluable to scholars of economic history, historical geography, and the history of publishing.
Author: Alistair Simon Maeer
Publisher: ProQuest
Published: 2006
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780542863394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalysis of the import/export statistics of seventeenth-century England reveals the emergence of a powerful economic engine. However, while statistics and other sources may imply, suggest, and sometimes even 'show' us the English economic awakening of the seventeenth century, few sources can demonstrate it as vividly as maps and artwork. Maps can easily throw much light onto social, economic, and political history. Few sources offer the perspective that visual aids do. A map, which is a graphic expression of perceived reality, offers important contemporary insight into the conceptions and conventions of the peoples of the past. So too do maps succinctly depict the desires and modalities of peoples. Historians can both broaden their base of sources and widen their conceptual horizons by incorporating visual components into their primary source materials. Accordingly, this dissertation uses cartographic sources to increase our understanding of seventeenth-century English overseas expansion. By correlating the development of overseas expansion to the advance of marine technologies in the seventeenth century, we can see that the growth in the shipping industry, cartography, and English overseas interests were all interrelated, that is, all were integral to the nation's economic expansion. Specifically, by examining English cartographic evidence, particularly works by the Thames School, alongside documentation of the growth in the English maritime economy, it is possible to express graphically the emergent interrelated interests of mapping and trade in England in the seventeenth century. By combining the graphic evidence with the textual material, I contextualize, visualize, and help to better explain the interrelatedness of advances in mapping, commerce, and empire in seventeenth-century England and effectively show England's rise to hegemony through the imagery of the day. Thus, by synthesizing three distinct types of history--maritime, economic and cartographic--we can more fully express and understand, as contemporaries did, the expansion of the English beyond the Atlantic Ocean.
Download or read book The Cartography of Commerce written by Alistair Simon Maeer and published by ProQuest. This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of the import/export statistics of seventeenth-century England reveals the emergence of a powerful economic engine. However, while statistics and other sources may imply, suggest, and sometimes even 'show' us the English economic awakening of the seventeenth century, few sources can demonstrate it as vividly as maps and artwork. Maps can easily throw much light onto social, economic, and political history. Few sources offer the perspective that visual aids do. A map, which is a graphic expression of perceived reality, offers important contemporary insight into the conceptions and conventions of the peoples of the past. So too do maps succinctly depict the desires and modalities of peoples. Historians can both broaden their base of sources and widen their conceptual horizons by incorporating visual components into their primary source materials. Accordingly, this dissertation uses cartographic sources to increase our understanding of seventeenth-century English overseas expansion. By correlating the development of overseas expansion to the advance of marine technologies in the seventeenth century, we can see that the growth in the shipping industry, cartography, and English overseas interests were all interrelated, that is, all were integral to the nation's economic expansion. Specifically, by examining English cartographic evidence, particularly works by the Thames School, alongside documentation of the growth in the English maritime economy, it is possible to express graphically the emergent interrelated interests of mapping and trade in England in the seventeenth century. By combining the graphic evidence with the textual material, I contextualize, visualize, and help to better explain the interrelatedness of advances in mapping, commerce, and empire in seventeenth-century England and effectively show England's rise to hegemony through the imagery of the day. Thus, by synthesizing three distinct types of history--maritime, economic and cartographic--we can more fully express and understand, as contemporaries did, the expansion of the English beyond the Atlantic Ocean.
Author: Mirela Altic
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2022-07-08
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 022679119X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyzing more than 150 historical maps, this book traces the Jesuits’ significant contributions to mapping and mapmaking from their arrival in the New World. In 1540, in the wake of the tumult brought on by the Protestant Reformation, Saint Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits. The Society’s goal was to revitalize the faith of Catholics and to evangelize to non-Catholics through charity, education, and missionary work. By the end of the century, Jesuit missionaries were sent all over the world, including to South America. In addition to performing missionary and humanitarian work, Jesuits also served as cartographers and explorers under the auspices of the Spanish, Portuguese, and French crowns as they ventured into remote areas to find and evangelize to native populations. In Encounters in the New World, Mirela Altic analyzes more than 150 of their maps, most of which have never previously been published. She traces the Jesuit contribution to mapping and mapmaking from their arrival in the New World into the post-suppression period, placing it in the context of their worldwide undertakings in the fields of science and art. Altic’s analysis also shows the incorporation of indigenous knowledge into the Jesuit maps, effectively making them an expression of cross-cultural communication—even as they were tools of colonial expansion. This ambiguity, she reveals, reflects the complex relationship between missions, knowledge, and empire. Far more than just a physical survey of unknown space, Jesuit mapping of the New World was in fact the most important link to enable an exchange of ideas and cultural concepts between the Old World and the New.
Download or read book Encounters in the New World written by Mirela Altic and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing more than 150 historical maps, this book traces the Jesuits’ significant contributions to mapping and mapmaking from their arrival in the New World. In 1540, in the wake of the tumult brought on by the Protestant Reformation, Saint Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits. The Society’s goal was to revitalize the faith of Catholics and to evangelize to non-Catholics through charity, education, and missionary work. By the end of the century, Jesuit missionaries were sent all over the world, including to South America. In addition to performing missionary and humanitarian work, Jesuits also served as cartographers and explorers under the auspices of the Spanish, Portuguese, and French crowns as they ventured into remote areas to find and evangelize to native populations. In Encounters in the New World, Mirela Altic analyzes more than 150 of their maps, most of which have never previously been published. She traces the Jesuit contribution to mapping and mapmaking from their arrival in the New World into the post-suppression period, placing it in the context of their worldwide undertakings in the fields of science and art. Altic’s analysis also shows the incorporation of indigenous knowledge into the Jesuit maps, effectively making them an expression of cross-cultural communication—even as they were tools of colonial expansion. This ambiguity, she reveals, reflects the complex relationship between missions, knowledge, and empire. Far more than just a physical survey of unknown space, Jesuit mapping of the New World was in fact the most important link to enable an exchange of ideas and cultural concepts between the Old World and the New.
Author: Christina E. Dando
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-08-15
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1134771142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the twenty-first century we speak of a geospatial revolution, but over one hundred years ago another mapping revolution was in motion. Women’s lives were in motion: they were playing a greater role in public on a variety of fronts. As women became more mobile (physically, socially, politically), they used and created geographic knowledge and maps. The maps created by American women were in motion too: created, shared, distributed as they worked to transform their landscapes. Long overlooked, this women’s work represents maps and mapping that today we would term community or participatory mapping, critical cartography and public geography. These historic examples of women-generated mapping represent the adoption of cartography and geography as part of women’s work. While cartography and map use are not new, the adoption and application of this technology and form of communication in women’s work and in multiple examples in the context of their social work, is unprecedented. This study explores the implications of women’s use of this technology in creating and presenting information and knowledge and wielding it to their own ends. This pioneering and original book will be essential reading for those working in Geography, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Politics and History.
Download or read book Women and Cartography in the Progressive Era written by Christina E. Dando and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twenty-first century we speak of a geospatial revolution, but over one hundred years ago another mapping revolution was in motion. Women’s lives were in motion: they were playing a greater role in public on a variety of fronts. As women became more mobile (physically, socially, politically), they used and created geographic knowledge and maps. The maps created by American women were in motion too: created, shared, distributed as they worked to transform their landscapes. Long overlooked, this women’s work represents maps and mapping that today we would term community or participatory mapping, critical cartography and public geography. These historic examples of women-generated mapping represent the adoption of cartography and geography as part of women’s work. While cartography and map use are not new, the adoption and application of this technology and form of communication in women’s work and in multiple examples in the context of their social work, is unprecedented. This study explores the implications of women’s use of this technology in creating and presenting information and knowledge and wielding it to their own ends. This pioneering and original book will be essential reading for those working in Geography, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Politics and History.
Download or read book Commerce of the Prairies written by Josiah Gregg and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author: Stuart
Publisher:
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9789076522159
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces the concept of Associative Cartography, a mapping tool that allows businesses and individuals to visualize the business world in a new way. Associative Cartography creates an 'inside-out' process that enables new thinking to deal with old problems, and to reinvent or rediscover the environment or 'landscape' in which the organization and its workers operate now or might operate in the future.
Download or read book The Business World Atlas written by Stuart and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the concept of Associative Cartography, a mapping tool that allows businesses and individuals to visualize the business world in a new way. Associative Cartography creates an 'inside-out' process that enables new thinking to deal with old problems, and to reinvent or rediscover the environment or 'landscape' in which the organization and its workers operate now or might operate in the future.
Author: Genevieve Carlton
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015-06-22
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 022625531X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on how inexpensive maps, produced for the masses, accrued cultural value for everyday consumers in Renaissance Italy, who wanted to own and display maps in their homes as works of artnot for practical use, but for their cultural capital as commodities. Genevieve Carlton considers how and why maps took on this new identity, as coveted and revered material objects and symbols of status and power, which in turn elevated or reinforced the public personae of their owners. She reconstructs the market for maps by examining household inventories as well as the ways in which maps were displayed in the interiors of Renaissance homes. Her survey shows that consumers from every level of society owned and displayed maps and used them for personal gain, to reinforce a particular identity."
Download or read book Worldly Consumers written by Genevieve Carlton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how inexpensive maps, produced for the masses, accrued cultural value for everyday consumers in Renaissance Italy, who wanted to own and display maps in their homes as works of artnot for practical use, but for their cultural capital as commodities. Genevieve Carlton considers how and why maps took on this new identity, as coveted and revered material objects and symbols of status and power, which in turn elevated or reinforced the public personae of their owners. She reconstructs the market for maps by examining household inventories as well as the ways in which maps were displayed in the interiors of Renaissance homes. Her survey shows that consumers from every level of society owned and displayed maps and used them for personal gain, to reinforce a particular identity."
Author: Elizabeth A. Sutton
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015-06-05
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 022625478X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKElizabeth A. Sutton explores the fascinating but previously neglected history of corporate cartography during the Dutch Golden Age, from circa 1600 to 1650. She examines how maps were used as propaganda tools for the Dutch West India Company in order to encourage the commodification of land and an overall capitalist agenda.
Download or read book Capitalism and Cartography in the Dutch Golden Age written by Elizabeth A. Sutton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth A. Sutton explores the fascinating but previously neglected history of corporate cartography during the Dutch Golden Age, from circa 1600 to 1650. She examines how maps were used as propaganda tools for the Dutch West India Company in order to encourage the commodification of land and an overall capitalist agenda.
Author: Jordana Dym
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011-12-01
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 0226921816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor many, a map is nothing more than a tool used to determine the location or distribution of something—a country, a city, or a natural resource. But maps reveal much more: to really read a map means to examine what it shows and what it doesn’t, and to ask who made it, why, and for whom. The contributors to this new volume ask these sorts of questions about maps of Latin America, and in doing so illuminate the ways cartography has helped to shape this region from the Rio Grande to Patagonia. In Mapping Latin America,Jordana Dym and Karl Offen bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to examine and interpret more than five centuries of Latin American maps.Individual chapters take on maps of every size and scale and from a wide variety of mapmakers—from the hand-drawn maps of Native Americans, to those by famed explorers such as Alexander von Humboldt, to those produced in today’s newspapers and magazines for the general public. The maps collected here, and the interpretations that accompany them, provide an excellent source to help readers better understand how Latin American countries, regions, provinces, and municipalities came to be defined, measured, organized, occupied, settled, disputed, and understood—that is, how they came to have specific meanings to specific people at specific moments in time. The first book to deal with the broad sweep of mapping activities across Latin America, this lavishly illustrated volume will be required reading for students and scholars of geography and Latin American history, and anyone interested in understanding the significance of maps in human cultures and societies.
Download or read book Mapping Latin America written by Jordana Dym and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, a map is nothing more than a tool used to determine the location or distribution of something—a country, a city, or a natural resource. But maps reveal much more: to really read a map means to examine what it shows and what it doesn’t, and to ask who made it, why, and for whom. The contributors to this new volume ask these sorts of questions about maps of Latin America, and in doing so illuminate the ways cartography has helped to shape this region from the Rio Grande to Patagonia. In Mapping Latin America,Jordana Dym and Karl Offen bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to examine and interpret more than five centuries of Latin American maps.Individual chapters take on maps of every size and scale and from a wide variety of mapmakers—from the hand-drawn maps of Native Americans, to those by famed explorers such as Alexander von Humboldt, to those produced in today’s newspapers and magazines for the general public. The maps collected here, and the interpretations that accompany them, provide an excellent source to help readers better understand how Latin American countries, regions, provinces, and municipalities came to be defined, measured, organized, occupied, settled, disputed, and understood—that is, how they came to have specific meanings to specific people at specific moments in time. The first book to deal with the broad sweep of mapping activities across Latin America, this lavishly illustrated volume will be required reading for students and scholars of geography and Latin American history, and anyone interested in understanding the significance of maps in human cultures and societies.
