Capitalism and cartography in the Dutch Golden Age /

In Capitalism and Cartography in the Dutch Golden Age, Elizabeth A. Sutton explores the fascinating but previously neglected history of corporate cartography during the Dutch Golden Age, from ca. 1600 to 1650. She examines how maps were used as propaganda tools for the Dutch West India Company in or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sutton, Elizabeth A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
1600-1699
Cartography > Netherlands > History > 17th century.
Cartography > Economic aspects > Netherlands.
Capitalism > Netherlands > History > 17th century.
Cartographie > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Cartographie > Aspect économique > Pays-Bas.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
Capitalism
Cartography
Netherlandish colonies
Kartografie
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Kolonialismus
Netherlands > Colonies > America > Maps.
America
Netherlands
Niederlande
History
Maps
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Capitalism, cartography, and culture. Early modern capitalism and cartography ; Theorizing capitalist cartography
  • Amsterdam Society and maps. The market for maps ; Organization of government and the WIC ; Pictorial and intellectual foundations ; Social organization and hierarchy
  • Capitalism and cartography in Amsterdam. The virtuous merchant and the Republic ; Visscher and the Amsterdam map tradition ; The Beemster ; The grid, private property, and the commonwealth
  • Profit and possession in Brazil. Visscher's WIC-authorized map of Pernambuco ; Johan Maurits and the development of Recife and Mauritsstad ; Blaeu and Barlaeus's representation of Brazil ; Possession according to Grotius ; Natural rights, sugar, and human exploitation ; Trying times: 1648
  • Marketing New Amsterdam. Picturing New Amsterdam ; WIC colonial policies 1629-49: possession, boundaries, patroons, and natives ; The 1649 affair ; New Amsterdam renewed
  • Capitalism and cartography revisited.

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