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Geography and Vision: Seeing, Imagining and Representing the World

By Denis Cosgrove

Book information

Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Year
2008
ISBN
1850438463, 9781850438465
Open Library ID
OL11945078M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5261567 bytes)
Series
International Library of Human Geography
Pages
273\273
Topic
Geography
Time added
2011-01-26 19:25:26

Description

Geography and Vision is a series of personal reflections by leading cultural geographer, Denis Cosgrove, on the complex connections between seeing, imagining and representing the world geographically.  Ranging historically from the sixteenth century to the present day, the essays include reflections upon discovery and the role of imagination in giving it meaning; colonisation and sixteenth century gardening; the shaping of American landscapes; wilderness, imperial mappings and masculinity; urban cartography and utopian visions; conceptions of the Pacific; the cartography of John Ruskin; and the imaginative grip of the Equator. Extensively illustrated, this engaging work reveals the richness and complexity of the geographical imagination as expressed over the past five centuries.

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