Southernmost End of South America Through Cartography

Tierra del Fuego, the South Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica from the 16th to 19th Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Av Luis Ignacio de Lasa, María Teresa Luiz, Maria Teresa Luiz

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This volume describes the construction of the territorial identity of the southern end of South America and analyzes the cartographic territorialization of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the “Terra Australis” continent.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-01-20
Mått155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt494 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieLatin American Studies Book Series
Antal sidor180
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030658786

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
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Luis Ignacio de Lasa is professor and researcher of Geography in the Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur, Argentina since 2012. He has been the Director of the Institute of Culture, Society and State (UNTDF) since 2015. His published contributions deal with the territory as a social construction and territorial history.María Teresa Luiz has a Doctorate Degree in History and has been a professor and researcher in the Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur.since 2012. Her published contributions focus on the southern territories issue, as an area of convergence of several states' interests and inter-ethnic contact during the colonial period and the 19th century.

Introduction.- Chapter 1. The first territorial incorporation of the southern lands and seas in modern cartography.- Chapter 2. The cartographic construction of a South Atlantic region: geopolitical and economic interests.- Chapter 3. Southern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, the South Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic lands within global strategies.- Chapter 4. Conclusions.- Sources and Bibliography.