| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"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." |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 4, 2016). |
| Summary |
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 young republic and its resources with an eye toward modernization. In this history of the commission, Nancy P. Appelbaum focuses on the geographers' fieldwork practices and visual production as the men traversed the mountains, savannahs, and forests of more than 30 provinces in order to delineate the country's territorial and racial composition. |
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English. |
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Colombia. Comisión Corográfica -- History.
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Colombia. Comisión Corográfica
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Cartography -- Colombia -- History.
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Colombia -- Description and travel.
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Colombia -- History -- 1832-1886.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Cartography.
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Cartography
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Travel
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Colombia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJw4Fqg34rWwgmFXfvKKh3
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| Chronological Term |
1832-1886
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Appelbaum, Nancy P. Mapping the country of regions. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016] 9781469627441 1469627442 (DLC) 2015029151 (OCoLC)916684913 |
| ISBN |
9781469627465 (electronic bk.) |
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1469627469 (electronic bk.) |
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9781469627458 (electronic bk.) |
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1469627450 (electronic bk.) |
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