Mapping Mountains

Ernesto Capello

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Brill
27 August 2020

Historical maps & atlases

Series: Brill Research Perspectives in 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.

By: Ernesto Capello
Imprint: Brill
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 151g
ISBN: 9789004441231
ISBN 10: 9004441239
Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Map History
Pages: 92
Publication Date: 27 August 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Ernesto Capello (Ph.D. Texas, 2005) is Professor of History at Macalester College. He has published City at the Center of the World: Space, History and Modernity in Quito (Pittsburgh, 2011) and numerous articles on cities, mountains, and visuality in science.

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