Jesuit Missionary Cartography of the Upper Amazon, 1689 To 1789 / Irina Saladin and Pamela Selwyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saladin, Irina, author.

Selwyn, Pamela E., author.

Series:

Entanglements, Interactions, and Economies in the Early Modern World Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Missions--Amazon River Region--History--17th century.

Jesuits.

Jesuits--Missions--Amazon River Region--History--18th century.

Cartography--Amazon River Region.

Cartography.

Cartography--Amazon River Region--History.

Historical geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

München, Germany : Routledge, 2025.

Summary:

In the early modern period, members of the Society of Jesus working as missionaries in the so-called mission of Maynas explored vast areas of the upper Amazon. These missionaries belonged to the very small group of Europeans who lived in the forests of the Amazon Basin for longer periods, in close contact with local people. Their daily experiences in the mission, their high level of education, and their connection with the institutional structures of the Jesuit order made them key figures in the production of knowledge about the Amazon. Irina Saladin investigates the complex relationships between mission and knowledge in the context of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Jesuit maps. She analyzes how Jesuit missionary practices shaped the cartographic representation of the Amazon in the early modern era.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Geography and the Society of Jesus: An Overview

3. Maps and Mission in the Amazon

4. Appropriation and Politics

5. Experience and Geometry

6. Territoriality and the Space of Jesuit Identity

7. Ethnography and Apologetics

8. Summary and Conclusions

Bibliography and Sources

Index

Notes:

Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Geography and the Society of Jesus: An Overview Chapter 3: Maps and Mission in the Amazon Chapter 4: Appropriation and Politics Chapter 5: Experience and Geometry Chapter 6: Territoriality and the Space of Jesuit Identity Chapter 7: Ethnography and Apologetics Chapter 8: Summary and Conclusions Bibliography and Sources Index

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-003-69839-5

1-04-078357-0

90-485-5374-1

9781003698395

OCLC:

1449540729