Cartographic encounters
Subtitle: perspectives on Native American mapmaking and map use
By: edited by G. Malcolm Lewis.
Contributors: Lewis, G. Malcolm.
Series: The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Indian cartography -- North America; Indians of North America -- Maps; Inuit -- Maps; Indians of North America -- First contact with Europeans; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps
Description: Ever since a native American prepared a paper "charte" of the lower Colorado River for the Spaniard Hernando de Alarcon in 1540, native Americans have been making maps in the course of encounters with whites (the most recent maps often support land claims). This book charts the history of these cartographic encounters, examining native maps and mapmaking from the earliest contacts onward.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.