Inventing America : a model of cartographic semiosis

Author

Boelhower, William

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Word & image. 1988, Num. 2, Vol. 4, p. 475-497, 12 ill.; maps

ISSN

0266-6286

Abstract (en)

Posits that there is a continuous semiotic play between the matter under analysis--the land--and the form of the analysis--the map. Argues that the new world served in the 16th, 17th and 18th cs. as a laboratory for experimenting with new cartographic structuring techniques.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- United States
• Maps
• United States
• 1500-1800
• Semiotics
• Cartography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- États-Unis
• Carte
• Etats-Unis
• 1500-1800
• Sémiotique
• Cartographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00454762

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