Alistair S. Maeer (Author)
Jowitt, Claire (Editor)
Lambert, Craig L (Editor)
Mentz, Steve (Editor)
Routledge
Pages: 67-94
A comparative study of seventeenth-century European nautical cartography reveals that English overseas interests shifted from an emphasis on pragmatic mercantilism to a growing expression of territorial dominion and ambition, eventually emulating established European modalities of imperialism. Incorporating the cartography of the sea into the history of overseas expansionism provides a necessary but heretofore under recognized perspective on the interrelationships of scientific innovation, artistic expression, and the narratives of cultural expansion in the study of oceans in global history and culture. An examination of the changes over time in English seventeenth-century charting, shows how nautical cartography makes complex and evolving historical relationships, such as ambitions for ‘mastery of the oceans’, evident from a distinct vantage point – the surviving instruments of the navigations themselves. Few historians of English navigation, expansionism, and empire have included nautical cartography in their studies.
...MoreBook Mentz, Steve; Lambert, Craig L; Jowitt, Claire (2020) The Routledge Companion to Marine and Maritime Worlds 1400-1800.
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