Sovereignty, territory, and the mapping of mobility: A view from the outside

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-495

  Steinberg, Philip E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History of cartography; Mobility; Ocean; State territoriality

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OCEAN; HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; MAP; MAPPING; MOBILITY; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70049101985     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600902931702     Document Type: Article

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