ENGC35H3 Chapter : Website Notes (mapping).docx
Document Summary
America when discovered was personified as a female. Maps and sea charts b/cming more and more accurate. Western europe, familiarity with mapping as a science and metaphor, trace dev in cartography, idea of mapping used to make sense of explorations into other outer and inner worlds. Mapping the other : explorers enlarged the boundaries through travel, brought cuious obks back, pictures of strange but real animals and plants and ppl replace mythical beasts. 1st issued in a large folio, later in pocket-book size. Counties, baronies, hundreds, and manors: marking the boundaries: until 17th c, sea charts= most accurate maps, 16th c use of trigonometry to measure land distances reg practiced to produce local maps and plans. Mapping beyond and below: stretched boundaries of the known universe into the heavens. Invention of telescope in 1609 detailed maps of the moon. Invention of magnifying glasses and microscopes wander through world of tiny creatures.
