Mapping Travel - The Origins and Conventions of Western Journey Maps

Drawing on a thousand years of European travel writing and mapmaking, Dym suggests that after centuries of text-based itineraries and on-the spot directions guiding travelers and constituting their reports, maps in the fifteenth century emerged as tools for Europeans to support and report the results of land and sea travel. With each succeeding generation, these linear journey maps have become increasingly common and complex, responding to changes in forms of transportation, such as air and motor car 'flight' and print technology, especially the advent of multi-color printing. This is their story.

About the author

Jordana Dym is Professor of History at Skidmore College, USA. She is the author of From Sovereign Villages to National States: City, State and Federation in Central America, 1759-1839 (2006), co-editor with Karl Offen of Mapping Latin America (2011), and has published articles and book chapters in French, English and Spanish.

Product details

• Authors: Jordana Dym
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2021
• EAN: 9789004499775
• ISBN: 978-90-04-49977-5
• No. of pages: 142
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives in
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Travel > Maps, city plans, atlases