GGR240H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Johannes Vermeer, Historical Geography, Geomatics
18 Jan 2018
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The image has appeared on many books about the history of geography: a man, holding the tools of his trade, a man of science, looks like a wealthy man, a man of leisure. Dressed in a robe, looks like a scholar: on one hand he has the tools of his trade, but he"s looking out the window. Relationship b/w map and the physical world outside the window: there"s a globe behind him. A map on the wall: large parts of that world, during the 17th century. Dutch conflict over the imperial possessions with the british. Imperial worth of geography, the world of geography as an accessory, an assistant to empire. Geography has ties to forms of state power. A sub discipline of human geography concerned with the geographies of the past and with the influence of the past in shaping the geographies of the present and the future - definition in the dictionary of human geography.
