Mapping mountains / / Ernesto Capello.
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 mappi...
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Capello, Ernesto, author. Mapping mountains / Ernesto Capello. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] ©2020 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Map History 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. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Description based on print version record. Mountain mapping. Cartography. Print version: Capello, Ernesto. Mapping mountains. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] 9789004441231 9004441239 (OCoLC)1164351478 Map history (Brill Academic Publishers) |
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