Maps of the Amazon region stemmed for a long time principally from the Jesuit missionaries who explored and described it. But just how great was their influence on this drawn knowledge? Irina Saladin seeks answers and shows that early modern maps of the area were in very many respects influenced by the missionary, trans-cultural and political practices of their producers.
| ISBN: | 9783161588600 |
| Publication date: | 19th February 2020 |
| Author: | Irina Saladin |
| Publisher: | Mohr Siebeck |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 410 pages |
| Series: | Historische Wissensforschung |
| Genres: |
European history: Renaissance European history: Reformation History of religion History of science History: theory and methods General and world history European history |