Christine Petto: 2 books
Mapping and Charting in Early Modern England and France
Power, Patronage, and Production
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Mapping and Charting for the Lion and the Lily: Map and Atlas Production in Early Modern England and France is a comparative study of the production and role of maps, charts, and atlases in early modern England and France, with a particular focus on Paris, the cartographic center of production from...
When France Was King of Cartography
The Patronage and Production of Maps in Early Modern France
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2007
Geographical works, as socially constructed texts, provide a rich source for historians and historians of science investigating patronage, the governmental initiatives and support for science, and the governmental involvement in early modern commerce. Over the course of nearly two centuries (1594-1789),...