The commerce of cartography : making and marketing maps in eighteenth-century France and England / Mary Sponberg Pedley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pedley, Mary Sponberg, author.

Series:

The Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Map industry and trade--France--History--18th century.

Map industry and trade.

Map industry and trade--England--History--18th century.

Cartography--France--History--18th century.

Cartography.

Cartography--England--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, [2005]

Summary:

Though the political and intellectual history of mapmaking in the eighteenth century is well established, the details of its commercial revolution have until now been widely scattered. In The Commerce of Cartography, Mary Pedley presents a vivid picture of the costs and profits of the mapmaking industry in England and France, and reveals how the economics of map trade affected the content and appearance of the maps themselves. Conceptualizing the relationship between economics and cartography, Pedley traces the process of mapmaking from compilation, production, and marketing to consumption, reception, and criticism. In detailing the rise of commercial cartography, Pedley explores qualitative issues of mapmaking as well. Why, for instance, did eighteenth-century ideals of aesthetics override the modern values of accuracy and detail? And what, to an eighteenth-century mind and eye, qualified as a good map? A thorough and engaging study of the business of cartography during the Enlightenment, The Commerce of Cartography charts a new cartographic landscape and will prove invaluable to scholars of economic history, historical geography, and the history of publishing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Monetary units

Introduction

Part one / making maps

One / Getting to Market

Two / The Costs of Map Production

Part two / selling maps

Three / Getting and Spending

Four / Plagiarism and Protection

Five / Multiplying Maps: The Survey and Printed Charts of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Part three / evaluating maps

Six / Giving Pleasure to the Public: Telling Good from Bad

Conclusions

Appendix 1. Costs of Map Production in France

Appendix 2. Costs of Map Production in England

Appendix 3. Costs of Map Production in North America

Appendix 4.Map and Print Prices in France

Appendix 5.Map and Print Prices in England

Appendix 6.Wages and Expenses in France

Appendix 7.Wages and Expenses in England

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-326) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780226817583

022681758X

OCLC:

1334103786