Uncertainties about cities and maps

Authors

  • Maria de Fátima Costa Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT
  • Pablo Diener Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/2142

Keywords:

Hercule Florence, Artista-Viajante, Percepção de Cidades

Abstract

Here is how, more than once, one is taken to lie, just like geographical mapsâ€. This how the artist Hercule Florence, who was part of the Langsdorff expedition from 1825 to 1829, expressed himself regarding some localities he visited in the hinterland of Brazil that were marked as cities on the map of South America by Arrowsmith, published in 1810. This paper is aimed at comprehending the values that led the traveler to disqualify these places, through an analysis of the reasons and parameters that influenced his perception.

Author Biographies

Maria de Fátima Costa, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT

Historiadora. Professora do Departamento de História da Auniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso e bolsita do CNPq

Pablo Diener, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT

Historiador. Professor do Departamento de História da Auniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso.

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Published

2015-04-29

Issue

No. 20 (2015)

Section

Dossiê

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