When France Was King of Cartography - The Patronage and Production of Maps in Early Modern France

Informationen zum Autor Christine M. Petto is professor of history at Southern Connecticut State University. Klappentext 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, it examines the relationship between power and the practice of patronage, geography, and commerce in early modern France. Zusammenfassung Geographical works! as socially constructed texts! provide a source for historians and historians of science investigating the social institution of patronage. Over the course of nearly two centuries (1594-1789)! in adopting and adapting maps as tools of statecraft! the Bourbon dynasty developed patron-client relations with mapmakers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Patronage and Cartographic Glory Chapter 2 Scientific Cartography and Statecraft Chapter 3 Colonial Mapping Endeavors: The Case of the Americas Chapter 4 Selling Maps and Selling Power

Product details

• Authors: Christine M. Petto, Christine Marie Petto
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2007
• EAN: 9780739117767
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1776-7
• No. of pages: 215
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Toposophia: Sustainability, Dwelling, Design; Toposophia; Toposophia; Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History: specific events & topics, France, HISTORY / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, Cartography, map-making & projections, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, History: specific events and topics, Cartography, map-making and projections, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700