Uncertainties about cities and maps

Here is how, more than once, one is taken to lie, just like geographical maps”. This how the artist Hercule Florence, who was part of the Langsdorff expedition from 1825 to 1829, expressed himself regarding some localities he visited in the hinterland of Brazil that were marked as cities on the ma...

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Autores: Costa, Maria de Fátima, Diener, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Centro Universitário La Salle (Unilasalle)
Repositorio:Mouseion (Canoas)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.unilasalle.edu.br:article/2142
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/Mouseion/article/view/2142
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hercule Florence
Artista-Viajante
Percepção de Cidades
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Sumario:Here is how, more than once, one is taken to lie, just like geographical maps”. This how the artist Hercule Florence, who was part of the Langsdorff expedition from 1825 to 1829, expressed himself regarding some localities he visited in the hinterland of Brazil that were marked as cities on the map of South America by Arrowsmith, published in 1810. This paper is aimed at comprehending the values that led the traveler to disqualify these places, through an analysis of the reasons and parameters that influenced his perception.