Though the political and intellectual history of mapmaking in the eighteenth century is well established, the details of its commercial revolution have until no

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The history and concept of Jesuit mapmaking -- The possessions of the Spanish crown -- The viceroyalty of Peru -- Portuguese possessions: Brazil -- New France:

Since that ancient day when the first human drew a line connecting Point A to Point B, maps have been understood as one of the most essential tools of communica

Geographical works, as socially constructed texts, provide a rich source for historians and historians of science investigating patronage, the governmental init