Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 371 g
Reihe: Lutterworth Press
Mapping New Zealand from Tasman to Cook
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 371 g
Reihe: Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9720-8
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The story of how the map of New Zealand emerged is a fascinating one. The first full map of the islands was published in London in 1773, which might seem the natural starting point, but over the preceding 150 years, fragments of charts and intelligence about New Zealand ricocheted around various parts of the world. In A Draught of the South Land, Paul Moon provides the first comprehensive account of this piecemeal process.
Moon's investigation covers several continents over more than a century, and reveals the personalities, blunders, strategic miscalculations, scientific brilliance, and imperial power-plays that were involved. Above all, he examines the roles played by explorers and traders, Maori and European rulers, scientific societies and military groups, as well as specialist cartographers and publishers. At a time when maps as colonial tools, enablers of trade and objects of curiosity are being studied anew, his careful analysis and engaging narrative will be of interest to scholars everywhere.
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- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
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List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. Cartography and the Age of Discovery
2. The VOC and Dutch Batavia
3. Abel Janszoon Tasman
4. 'The Intelligence Empire': Seventeenth-Century Dutch Exploration of the South Pacific
5. New Zealand on the Map
6. The Growth of Literacy and Mapmaking in England
7. 'To Add a Lustre to this Nation': Cook's Expedition
8. Mapping the East Coast of New Zealand
9. One or Two Islands Separated by a Strait?
10. North and South Islands Revealed
11. The End of Cook's First Journey to the Southern Hemisphere
12. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
