Cartographic Encounters

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Cartographic Encounters

Author	: G. Malcolm Lewis
File Size	: 41,5 Mb
Publisher	: University of Chicago Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 15 September 1998
ISBN	: 0226476944
Pages	: 368 pages

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Cartographic Encounters by G. Malcolm Lewis Book PDF 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 mapmaking from the earliest contacts onward.

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