Mapping Nature across the Americas (Hardcover)

Maps are inherently unnatural. Projecting three-dimensional realities onto two-dimensional surfaces, they are abstractions that capture someone's idea of what matters within a particular place; they require selections and omissions. These very characteristics, however, give maps their importance for understanding how humans have interacted with the natural world, and give historical maps, especially, the power to provide rich insights into the relationship between humans and nature over time. That is just what is achieved in Mapping Nature across the Americas. Illustrated throughout, the essays in this book argue for greater analysis of historical maps in the field of environmental history, and for greater attention within the field of the history of cartography to the cultural constructions of nature contained within maps. This volume thus provides the first in-depth and interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between maps and environmental knowledge in the Americas-including, for example, stories of indigenous cartography in Mexico, the allegorical presence of palm trees in maps of Argentina, the systemic mapping of US forests, and the scientific platting of Canada's remote lands.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2021
Editors:	Kathleen A. Brosnan • James R Akerman
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-69643-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Maps, charts & atlases > General
LSN:	0-226-69643-X
Barcode:	9780226696430

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