Insularity, sovereignty and statehood: The representation of islands on portolan charts and the construction of the territorial state

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-265

  Steinberg, Philip E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History of cartography; Islands; Portolan charts; Sovereignity; State territoriality

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; ISLAND STATE; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE BUILDING; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 33745207770     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2005.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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