History of a Periphery - Spanish Colonial Cartography From Colombia''s Pacific Lowlands

An exploration of Colombian maps in New Granada.

Sommario

• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Glossary
• Introduction
• 1. New Granada: A Categorically Different Viceroyalty
• 2. Coming into View: The Pacific Lowlands in Manuscript Maps
• 3. The Map of the Atrato River and Pueblos of Cuna Indians: The Atrato Vigía and the Short-Lived Cuna Reducción of Murindo, 1759–1778
• 4. The Map of the Chocó, Panama, and Cupica: The Unrealized Potential of a Pacific Port, 1777–1808
• 5. The Map of the Dagua River Region: Las Juntas, Sombrerillo, and African Agency in the Pacific Lowlands, 1739–1786
• 6. The Map of the Yurumanguí Indians: The “Discovery” and Decimation of the Pacific Lowlands’ Indigenous Inhabitants, 1742–1780
• Conclusions: What Manuscript Maps Contribute to the Study of Colonial Latin America
• Appendix A: Transcribed Text from Manuscript Map Legends
• Appendix B: Technical Study of the Manuscript Map of Dagua River Region, Colombia
• Notes
• References
• Index

Info autore

Juliet B. Wiersema

Riassunto

An exploration of Colombian maps in New Granada.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Juliet B. Wiersema
• Editore: University Of Texas Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2024, ritardato
• EAN: 9781477327746
• ISBN: 978-1-4773-2774-6
• Pagine: 256
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte