Mapping the country of regions : the Chorographic Commission of nineteenth-century Colombia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Appelbaum, Nancy P. (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Colombia. > Comisión Corográfica > History. Cartography > Colombia > History. Colombia > Description and travel. Colombia > History > 1832-1886. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

"Distinguished citizens" of the "illustrated world" : creation and composition of the Commission
Views of the country : chorography in the aura of Humboldt
A homogeneous, vigorous, and well-formed population : the northeast and Antioquia
A grave for the white race : the Pacific lowlands
The progressive spirit of the Granadinos : envisioning economic progress
Solitary deserts : the eastern plains and Amazon
The history of these sublime cordilleras : geology, prehistory and history
A seat among the savants : controversies after Codazzi
Conclusion : "The country of regions."