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April 29 Susan Danforth Curator, Maps and Prints John Carter Brown Library Europe Assesses the Americas, 1492-1800: A Look at the Graphic and Cartographic Record
Readings J. B. Harley, "Maps, Knowledge, and Power," in Dennis Cosgrove and Steven Daniels, ed.s., The Iconography of Landscape. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. -------. "The Map and the Devlopment of the History of Cartography," In J.B. Harley and David Woodward, The History of Cartography. Vol I. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. SUMMARY An informal slide presentation will follow European eyes as they attempt to assimmilate and sort out the novelty of New World experiences that often challenge Old World assumptions. |