Mapping and Charting in Early Modern England and France: Power, Patronage, and Production

251 Pages·2015·3.332 MB·English

by  Christine Petto

Mapping and Charting in Early Modern
England and France
Toposophia: Sustainability, Dwelling, Design
SeriesEditors:
RobertMugerauer,UniversityofWashington
GaryBackhaus,LoyolaCollegeinMaryland
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Toposophiaisabookseriesdedicatedtotheinterdisciplinaryandtransdisciplnarystudy
of place. Authors in the series attempt to engage a geographical turn in their research,
emphasizingthespatialcomponent,aswellasthephilsophicalturn,raisingquestionsboth
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Mapping and Charting in Early Modern
England and France
Power, Patronage, and Production
Christine Marie Petto
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Contents
ListofFigures vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Abbreviations xxiii
1 CartographicImageryandRepresentationsofPower 1
2 MappingtheLand:CountyandRegionalMappinginEngland
andFrance 45
3 ChartMakinginEnglandandFrance,andChartingtheEnglish
Channel 79
4 PaperEncroachments:ColonialMappingDisputesintheAmericas 123
5 ChartingtheSeasoftheEastIndies:CommercialOpportunism
versusRoyalApprobation 161
Conclusion 195
Bibliography 203
Index 215
AbouttheAuthor 225
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List of Figures
Fig.1.1 FrontispiecefromSaxton’sAtlasoftheCounties
ofEnglandandWales(1579). 7
Fig.1.2 FrontispiecefromBouguereau’sLeThéatre
Françoys(1594). 12
Fig.1.3 DetailfromVassalieu’sPortraitdelaVille...
deParis(1609). 16
Fig.1.4 DetailfromGomboust’sLutetia,Paris(1653). 20
Fig.1.5 Norden’sLondon(1593).Facsimilefromthe
LondonTopographicalSociety,1899. 23
Fig.1.6 FrontispiecefromOgilby’sBritannia(1675). 29
Fig.1.7 DetailfromOgilby’sLondon(1677/1682).
FacsimilefromtheLondonTopographical
Society,1904. 30
Fig.1.8 DetailfromfrontispieceofJaillot’sAtlas
Nouveau(1684). 32
Fig.1.9 FrontispiecefromJaillot’sAtlasFrançais(1695). 34
Fig.1.10 DetailfromthecartoucheofNolin’sLe
RoyaumedeFrance(1693). 36
Fig.1.11 CartouchefromNolin’sLesEnvironsdeParis
(1698). 37
Fig.4.1 DetailfromBellin’sCartedel’Amerique
Septentrionale(1755). 149
vii
viii ListofFigures
Fig.4.2 Mitchell’sMapoftheBritishandFrench
DominionsinNorthAmerica(1755). 150