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.
- ISBN10 9004441239
- ISBN13 9789004441231
- Publish Date 27 August 2020 (first published 25 August 2020)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Paperback
- Pages 86
- Language English
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