Mapping Mountains (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789004441231)

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.

Author: Ernesto Capello
ISBN-10: 9004441239
ISBN-13: 9789004441231
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2020
Pages: 92
Format: Paperback