Mapping Mountains
Author:   Ernesto Capello
Publisher:   Brill
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9789004441231


Pages:   86
Publication Date:   27 August 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Mountains appear in the oldest known maps yet their representation has proven a notoriously difficult challenge for map makers. In this essay, Ernesto Capello surveys the broad history of relief representation in cartography with an emphasis on the allegorical, commercial and political uses of mapping mountains. After an initial overview and critique of the traditional historiography and development of techniques of relief representation, the essay features four clusters of mountain mapping emphases. These include visions of mountains as paradise, the mountain as site of colonial and postcolonial encounter, the development of elevation profiles and panoramas, and mountains as mass-marketed touristed itineraries.

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Author:   Ernesto Capello
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Weight:   0.151kg
ISBN:  

9789004441231


ISBN 10:   9004441239
Pages:   86
Publication Date:   27 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Mapping Mountains Abstract Keywords  Introduction  1 The Traditional Historiography and its Challengers  1.1 Just What is a Mountain Anyway?  1.2 Traditional Historiography  1.3 Challenging Traditional Historiography  1.4 A Rather Brief Overview of Contemporary Cartographic Relief Presentation  2 Paradise and Pilgrimage  3 Colonial and Postcolonial Peaks  4 Profiles and Panoramas  5 Touristed Itineraries  Concluding Remarks  Acknowledgements

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Ernesto Capello (Ph.D. Texas, 2005) is Professor of History at Macalester College. He has published City at the Center of the World: Space, History and Modernity in Quito (Pittsburgh, 2011) and numerous articles on cities, mountains, and visuality in science.

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