History of Cartography

The Myth of the square Chart

by Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Dead Reckoning and Magnetic Declination: Unveiling the Mistery of Portolan Charts

by Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Squaring the circle: how Mercator did it in 1569 (ppt)

by Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Squaring the circle: how Mercator did it in 1569 (text)

by Joaquim Alves Gaspar

'El famosísimo reino de Andalucía: Representación y descripción del espacio andaluz (siglos XVI-XVIII)

by Manuel Peña Díaz

Trocadero, 21-22 (2009-2010)

Este artículo nos habla sobre la configuración tardía de la región de Andalucía, tal como la conocemos hoy, proceso... more Este artículo nos habla sobre la configuración tardía de la región de Andalucía, tal como la conocemos hoy, proceso que culminará en la segunda mitad del XVIII. Rastrea, particularmente, su configuración territorial, a través de un estudio minucioso de la cartografía de la región durante el siglo XVII. Describe el proceso de mitificación del territorio a partir de elementos culturales tales como la civilización tartésica, la colonización romana, la presencia musulmana y la reconquista cristiana.

Noticias locales para representaciones nacionales: mapas y planos de las "Noticias Estadísticas" de principio del siglo XIX (1836). El caso de la Huasteca potosina

by Ricardo Fagoaga

Published in "Mapas de la mitad del mundo. La cartografía y la construcción territorial de los espacios americanos. Siglos XVI al XIX," Francisco Roque de Oliveira and Héctor Mendoza Vargas (Coords). Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidad de Lisboa-Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2010.

Towards a Mathematical Evaluation of the Significance of the Via Egnatia within the Transport Network of the Historical Region of Macedonia, in: Proceedings “Makedonija niz vekovite”, Skopje [in press]

by Mihailo Popovic

The Triple System of Orography in Ptolemy’s Xinjiang

by Etienne de la Vaissière

31. « The triple system of orography in Ptolemy’s Xinjiang », in W. Sundermann, A. Hintze, F. de Blois (éd.), Exegisti Monumenta. Festschrift in Honour of Nicholas Sims-Williams, (Iranica, 17), Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2009, p. 527-535.

Key to the understanding of Ptolemy's map of Central Asia Key to the understanding of Ptolemy's map of Central Asia

Contrôler et maîtriser le territoire. La cartographie française sous la Guerre d'Indépendance

by Amparo López Arandia

published in DELGADO BARRADO, J. M. (dir.) y LÓPEZ ARANDIA, Mª. A. (coord.): Andalucía en Guerra, 1808-1814. Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, 2010, pp. 429-433
ISBN: 978-84-8439-504-1

Controlar y dominar el territorio. La cartografía francesa en la Guerra de la Independencia

by Amparo López Arandia

published in DELGADO BARRADO, J. M. (dir.) y LÓPEZ ARANDIA, Mª. A. (coord.): Andalucía en Guerra, 1808-1814. Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, 2010, pp. 69-78
ISBN: 978-84-8439-504-1

‘Η Πελοπόννησος κατά την Πρώτη Οθωμανοκρατία (1460-1688)’, Η Πελοπόννησος, Χαρτογραφία και Ιστορία 16ος-18ος αιώνας (Αθήνα: Αρχείο Χαρτογραφίας του Ελληνικού Χώρου / ΜΙΕΤ, 2006), 53-69.

by Georgios Liakopoulos

‘I Peloponnisos kata tin Proti Othomanokratia (1460-1688)’, I Peloponnisos, Hartografia kai Istoria 16os-18os aionas (Athina: Arheio Hartografias tou Ellinikou Horou, MIET, 2006), 53-69.
‘The Peloponnese during the Early Ottoman Period (1460-1688)’, in The Peloponnese, Cartography and History, 16th-18th Century (Athens: National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, 2006), 53-69.

Exposition de cartographie genevoise, XVIe-XXe siècle

by Bertrand Levy

B. Levy (ed.), Catalogue de l'exposition de Cartographie genevoise, XVI-XXe siècle, Université de Genève, 1982

Contient trois textes de Claude Raffestin, Bertrand Lévy et Armand Brulhart, ainsi qu'un répertoire des cartes et... more Contient trois textes de Claude Raffestin, Bertrand Lévy et Armand Brulhart, ainsi qu'un répertoire des cartes et plans présentés sur la la région lémanique et l'espace genevois.

De São Lázaro às Filipinas: imagens de um arquipélago na cartografia náutica ibérica do século XVI

by Miguel Lourenço

Mapas de metade do mundo. A cartografia e a construção territorial dos espaços americanos: séculos XVI a XIX = Mapas de la mitad del mundo. La cartografía y la construcción territorial de los espacios americanos: siglos XVI al XIX. Coord. Francisco Roque de Oliveira e Héctor Mendoza Vargas, Lisboa e México, D.F., Centro de Estudos Geográficos da Universidade de Lisboa e Instituto de Geografía de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2010, pp. 387-422.

Multilingualism of early modern maps

by Sonja Brentjes

(eds.) Frank Daelemans, Jean-Marie Duvosquel, Robert Halleux, David Juste, Mélanges offerts à Hossam Elkhadem par ses amis et ses élèves, (Bruxelles : 29 Archives et Bibliothèques de Belgique, Archief- en Bibliotheekwezen in België), Numéro Spécial, Extra Nummer 83 (2007), 317-328.

With Marie-Vic Ozouf-Marignier, "Circonscriptions et réseaux de voies : un angle mort de la Géographie Historique"

by Nicolas Verdier

Published in Etudes Rurales, n° 188, 2011

This paper examines two aspects of the relation to space and territory : networks and grids. Over the past one hundred... more This paper examines two aspects of the relation to space and territory : networks and grids. Over the past one hundred and fifty years, historigraphy has focused either on constituencies or on means of communication and transport, but has largely overlooked the relationship between the two. A detailed examination of historical practices reveals that the introduction of the planimetry of ditstricts (between 1680 and 1850 in the case of France) coincided with the construction of both objects. Based on several case studies at the level of cantons, the findings suggest that there are a number of significant links between district boundaries and means of transport. This raises the question of common or separate histories (or temporalities) and the importance of mapping ond planimetrics conceived as the combination or association of different objects in the 18th century.


L'objectif de cet article est de proposer la mise en place de réflexions articulant maillages et treillages, alors que l'historiographie dominante sépare ces deux aspects de la relation aux territoires. En effet, une lecture de l'historiographie des 150 dernières années montre que les réflexions dominantes portent soit sur les circonscriptions, soit sur les voies de communication, mais n'essayent pas, en règle générale de penser leur relation. Pourtant, une observation soucieuse des pratiques anciennes montre que la période de mise en place d'une planimétrie des circonscriptions, soit pour la France une période qui court de 1680 à 1850, est celle d'une co-construction de ces objets sur le terrain. Une série de cas pris à l'échelle cantonale permet de démontrer diverses formes d'association sur le long terme entre voies de communication et limites de circonscription. Se posent alors des questions de différentes natures, d'une part sur les temporalités communes ou disjointes entre voies et circonscriptions, d'autre part sur l'importance de la planimétrie en tant que mise en cohérence d'objets différents au XVIIIe siècle.

A Serra das Esmeraldas: Cartografia, Imaginário e Conflitos Territoriais na Capitania do Espírito Santo (Séc. XVII)

by Fabio Reis

Dissertação de Mestrado, disponível a partir da Biblioteca da PUC-SP.

The objective of this study is to analyze the origin of the myth of the Serra das Esmeraldas, in the Capitaincy of... more The objective of this study is to analyze the origin of the myth of the Serra das Esmeraldas, in the Capitaincy of Espírito Santo, and follow it’s development from the letters and reports of chroniclers of the colony until its incorporation in modern Portuguese and European cartography, reflecting also about its role in political, administrative and territorial disputes in the Portuguese America in the Seventeenth Century. We believe that from this goal it’s possible to understand the process of appreciating, and then depreciation, of Espírito Santo in the colonial period – between the first stories of the treasures in the inland, in the 1570s, and the creation of the Captaincy of São Paulo e Minas do Ouro, in
1709. To understand this process, we also analyzed the construction of the Seventeenth Century cartography, the influence from the reports of the expeditions to the wilderness, and how it influenced subsequent expeditions. We argue that the belief in the myth of the Serra das Esmeraldas increased the internalization of the colony, placed Espírito Santo among the most coveted region of the Portuguese America and the captaincy became the protagonist of the dispute between Portugal and Spain, in the colonial borders, and between the very hereditary captaincies.

"Inventing the Map" in the Digital Humanities: a Young Lady's Primer

by Bethany Nowviskie

Poetess Archive Journal, 2010

Cartographic Information, Design Symbolism and Networks of Communication in Late Antiquity: Tabula Peutingeriana and Itineraria Picta

by Dimitris P. Drakoulis

Published in: D. Rossikopoulos, P. Savvaidis (eds.), The development of instruments, methods and systems of scientific measurement in Greece, Thessaloniki 2005, pages 81-105 ISBN: 978-960-89704-0-3 (in Greek)

The study of late antique cartography through web based sources

by Dimitris P. Drakoulis

Paper presented in: «Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage»
Organized by the Working Group on Digital Technologies in Cartographic Heritage of the International Cartographic Association
Published in: e-Perimetron 2.3 (2007) 160-172

Le plan de Naples de Carlo Theti gravé par Sebastiano di Re en 1560. Un nouveau document pour l'étude de la cartographie et de la topographie napolitaines

by Brigitte Marin

In: "Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Italie et Méditerranée", 102 - 1, 1990, p. 163-189.

url : http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/mefr_1123-9891_1990_num_102_1_4087