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Maps were at the heart of cultural life in the Americas from before colonization to the formation of modern nation-states. The fourteen essays in __Early American Cartographies__ examine indigenous and European peoples' creation and use of maps to better represent and understand the world they inhabited. Drawing from both current historical interpretations and new interdisciplinary perspectives, this collection provides diverse approaches to understanding the multilayered exchanges that went into creating cartographic knowledge in and about the Americas. In the introduction, editor Martin Bruckner provides a critical assessment of the concept of cartography and of the historiography of maps. The individual essays, then, range widely over space and place, from the imperial reach of Iberian and British cartography to indigenous conceptualizations, including "dirty," ephemeral maps and star charts, to demonstrate that pre-nineteenth-century American cartography was at once a multiform and multicultural affair. This volume not only highlights the collaborative genesis of cartographic knowledge about the early Americas; the essays also bring to light original archives and innovative met

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Author
Martin Brückner
Publisher
Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9780807834695
Category
history
Subjects
Science, History, Travel
Rating
4 / 5 (1 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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