Cartographic encounters

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.

subjects: Maps,  Inuit,  Indians of North America,  Indian cartography,  First contact with Europeans,  Discovery and exploration,  Cartography,  First contact with other peoples

Places: North America,  America