Description: Further DetailsTitle: Mapping and Charting in Early Modern England and FranceCondition: NewSubtitle: Power, Patronage, and ProductionISBN-10: 073917536XEAN: 9780739175361ISBN: 9780739175361Publisher: Lexington BooksFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 03/26/2015Description: Mapping and Charting for the Lion and the Lily: Map and Atlas Production in Early Modern England and France 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, the cartographic center of production from the late seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century, and London, which began to emerge (in the late eighteenth century) to eclipse the once favored Bourbon center. The themes that carry through the work address the role of government in map and chart making. In France, in particular, it is the importance of the centralized government and its support for geographic works and their makers through a broad and deep institutional infrastructure. Prior to the late eighteenth century in England, there was no central controlling agency or institution for map, chart, or atlas production, and any official power was imposed through the market rather than through the establishment of institutions. There was no centralized support for the cartographic enterprise and any effort by the crown was often challenged by the power of Parliament which saw little value in fostering or supporting scholar-geographers or a national survey.This book begins with an investigation of the imagery of power on map and atlas frontispieces from the late sixteenth century to the seventeenth century. In the succeeding chapters the focus moves from county and regional mapping efforts in England and France to the “paper wars” over encroachment in their respective colonial interests. The final study looks at charting efforts and highlights the role of government support and the commercial trade in the development of maritime charts not only for the home waters of the English Channel, but the distant and dangerous seas of the East Indies.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 238mmItem Length: 159mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 553gAuthor: Christine PettoGenre: HistoryBook Series: Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making SpaceTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Mapping and Charting in Early Modern England and France
Title: Mapping and Charting in Early Modern England and France
Subtitle: Power, Patronage, and Production
ISBN-10: 073917536X
EAN: 9780739175361
ISBN: 9780739175361
Release Date: 03/26/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 250 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Mapping and Charting in Early Modern England and France : Power, Patronage, and Production
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Cartography, Europe / France, Commerce, General, Aesthetics
Item Weight: 19.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: Christine Petto
Subject Area: Philosophy, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
Series: Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
