Mapping and Charting in Early Modern England and France

Informationen zum Autor Christine Marie Petto is professor of early modern European history at Southern Connecticut State University. Klappentext This book is a comparative study of the production and role of maps, charts, and atlases in early modern England and France with a particular focus on Paris and London. Zusammenfassung This book is a comparative study of the production and role of maps! charts! and atlases in early modern England and France with a particular focus on Paris and London. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Cartographic Imagery and Representations of Power2 Mapping the Land: County & Regional Mapping in England and France2 Chart Making in England and France & Charting the English Channel4 Paper Encroachments: Colonial Mapping Disputes in the Americas5 Charting the Seas of the East Indies: Commercial Opportunism vs. Royal Approbation

Klappentext

This book is a comparative study of the production and role of maps, charts, and atlases in early modern England and France with a particular focus on Paris and London.

Inhalt

1 Cartographic Imagery and Representations of Power 2 Mapping the Land: County & Regional Mapping in England and France 2 Chart Making in England and France & Charting the English Channel 4 Paper Encroachments: Colonial Mapping Disputes in the Americas 5 Charting the Seas of the East Indies: Commercial Opportunism vs. Royal Approbation