Mapping the Country of Regions The Chorographic Commission of Nineteenth-Century Colombia
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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press
[2016]
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009799136406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "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."
