When France Was King of Cartography

Christine Marie Petto

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2007

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Geographical works, as socially constructed texts, provide a source for historians and historians of science investigating the social institution of patronage. Over the course of nearly two centuries (1594-1789), in adopting and adapting maps as tools of statecraft, the Bourbon dynasty developed patron-client relations with mapmakers.

ISBN-13
9780739117767
ISBN-10
0739117769
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year
2007
Publication date
2007-02-16
Pages
232
Dimensions
149x229x16
Weight
344