Cartographic encounters : perspectives on Native American mapmaking and map use / edited by G. Malco...
Cartographic encounters : perspectives on Native American mapmaking and map use / edited by G. Malco...
Cartographic encounters : perspectives on Native American mapmaking and map use / edited by G. Malcolm Lewis.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
NQ912.7/5
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xx, 318 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Series Editor's Note / James Akerman -- Editor's Preface / G. Malcolm Lewis -- Introduction / G. Malcolm Lewis -- Ch. 1. Frontier Encounters in the Field: 1511-1925 / G. Malcolm Lewis -- Ch. 2. Encounters in Government Bureaus, Archives, Museums, and Libraries, 1782-1911 / G. Malcolm Lewis -- Ch. 3....
Ch. 11. Orientations from Their Side: Dimensions of Native American Cartographic Discourse / Peter Nabokov -- Ch. 12. Future Encounters in New Contexts / G. Malcolm Lewis.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
Ever since a native American prepared a paper "charte" of the lower Colorado River for the Spaniard Hernando de Alarcon in 1540, native Americans have been making maps in the course of encounters with whites (the most recent maps often support land claims). This book charts the history of these cartographic encounters, examining native maps and map...
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Cartographic encounters : perspectives on Native American mapmaking and map use / edited by G. Malcolm Lewis.
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General note
The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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NQ912.7/5
Record Identifier
74VM4rNQrEeX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4rNQrEeX
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ISBN
0226476944 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226476940 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
912.708997
MMS ID
991001456609702626
