Envisioning the American West: Maps, the Representational Barrage of 19th Century Expedition Reports, and the Production of Scientific Knowledge

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-50

  Krygier, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

American West; Baron F. W. von Egloffstein; Geographic visualization; Great Reconnaissance; History of cartography; Intertextuality; Panoramas; Shaded relief maps

Indexed keywords

MAPS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VISUALIZATION;

GEOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION; SHADED RELIEF MAPS;

MAPPING;

HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP; VISUALIZATION;

USA, (WEST);

EID: 0030623249     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304097782438737     Document Type: Article

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