Author: John Gorham PalfreyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
History of New England
Author: John Gorham PalfreyA History of the Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York: The close of the rectorship of Dr. Hobart and the rectorship of Dr. Berrian
Author: Morgan DixPublications of the Canadian Archives
Author: Public Archives of CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
Book Description
The Codes and Statutes of Montana
Author: MontanaReport on Canadian Archives
Author: Douglas BrymnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The Birds of the British Islands
Author: Charles StonhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Report of the Work of the Public Archives ...
Author: Public Archives of CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Bulletin de la Société Geographique de Finlande
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural geography
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Vol. 48, comprises the text of the English edition of Atlas of Finland, 1925.
Documents of the City of Boston
Author: Boston (Mass.). City CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1570
Book Description
When France Was King of Cartography
Author: Christine Marie PettoPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739162470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Geographical works, as socially constructed texts, provide a rich source for historians and historians of science investigating patronage, the governmental initiatives and support for science, and the governmental involvement in early modern commerce. Over the course of nearly two centuries (1594-1789), in adopting and adapting maps as tools of statecraft, the Bourbon Dynasty both developed patron-client relations with mapmakers and corporations and created scientific institutions with fundamental geographical goals. Concurrently, France—particularly, Paris—emerged as the dominant center of map production. Individual producers tapped the traditional avenues of patronage, touted the authority of science in their works, and sought both protection and legitimation for their commercial endeavors within the printing industry. Under the reign of the Sun King, these producers of geographical works enjoyed preeminence in the sphere of cartography and employed the familiar rhetoric of image to glorify the reign of Louis XIV. Later, as scientists and scholars embraced Enlightenment empiricism, geographical works adopted the rhetoric of scientific authority and championed the concept that rational thought would lead to progress. When France Was King of Cartography investigates over a thousand maps and nearly two dozen map producers, analyzes the map as a cultural artifact, map producers as a group, and the array of map viewers over the course of two centuries in France. The book focuses on situated knowledge or 'localized' interests reflected in these geographical productions. Through the lens of mapmaking, When France Was King of Cartography examines the relationship between power and the practice of patronage, geography, and commerce in early modern France.