When France Was King of Cartography : The Patronage and Production of Maps in Early Modern France
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space
ISBN-10
0739117769
ISBN-13
9780739117767
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Lexington Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 16th, 2007
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
344 grams
Dimensions
14.90 x 22.90 x 1.60 cms
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Geographical works, as socially constructed texts, provide a source for historians and historians of science investigating the social institution of patronage. Over the course of nearly two centuries (1594-1789), in adopting and adapting maps as tools of statecraft, the Bourbon dynasty developed patron-client relations with mapmakers.
When France Was King of Cartography investigates over a thousand maps and nearly two dozen map producers, analyzes the map as a cultural artifact, map producers as a group, and the array of map viewers over the course of two centuries in France. The book focuses on situated knowledge or ''localized'' interests reflected in these geographical productions. Through the lens of mapmaking, it examines the relationship between power and the practice of patronage, geography, and commerce in early modern France.
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