Decifrando mapas:sobre o conceito de "território" e suas vinculações com a cartografia

Authors

  • Beatriz Piccolotto Siqueira Bueno USP; Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo; Depto. de Históiria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-47142004000100018

Keywords:

Historical Cartography, Military Engineers, Brazil, 18th Century, Cartographic Language

Abstract

This essay studies the cartographic documentation left by military engineers in Portugal, during the 18th Century. The technical dimension of map making is analysed, focusing on the instruments and the methods employed both in field surveys and in subsequent graphic representations. From the point of view of Material Culture, maps are understood as cultural artefacts, therefore historical artefacts; in this sense, the particularities of cartographic language reveal the world conceptions particular to each period. This article proposes a methodology of morphological analysis of the cartographic language, deconstructing the several strata in the organisation of this kind of visual representation. In order to do so, a vast array of heterogeneous correlate documents is mobilised, such as practical geometry, drawing and architecture treatises, contemporary to the period studied.

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Published

2004-12-01

Issue

Section

Material Culture Studies

How to Cite

BUENO, Beatriz Piccolotto Siqueira. Decifrando mapas:sobre o conceito de "território" e suas vinculações com a cartografia . Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material, São Paulo, v. 12, n. 1, p. 193–234, 2004. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-47142004000100018. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/anaismp/article/view/5408.. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.