Mapping the Country of Regions : The Chorographic Commission of Nineteenth-Century Colombia /

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The 19th century was an era of breathtakingly ambitious geographic expeditions across the Americas. The seminal Chorographic Commission of Colombia, which began in 1850 and lasted about a decade, was one of Latin America's most extensive. The commission's mandate was to define and map the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Appelbaum, Nancy P. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Colombia. > Comisión Corográfica.
Colombia. > Comisión Corográfica > History.
Travel.
Cartography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Cartographie > Colombie > Histoire.
Cartography > Colombia > History.
Colombia.
Colombie > Histoire > 1832-1886.
Colombie > Descriptions et voyages.
Colombia > History > 1832-1886.
Colombia > Description and travel.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "Distinguished citizens" of the "illustrated world" : creation and composition of the Commission
  • Views of the country : chorography in the aura of Humboldt
  • A homogeneous, vigorous, and well-formed population : the northeast and Antioquia
  • A grave for the white race : the Pacific lowlands
  • The progressive spirit of the Granadinos : envisioning economic progress
  • Solitary deserts : the eastern plains and Amazon
  • The history of these sublime cordilleras : geology, prehistory and history
  • A seat among the savants : controversies after Codazzi
  • Conclusion : "The country of regions."

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