Mapping the Contested Line by Jacobo García-Álvarez (.ePUB)+
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Mapping the Contested Line: Cartography and Border Disputes in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and Latin America (18–20th Centuries) by Jacobo García-Álvarez, André Reyes Novaes (Historical Geography and Geosciences)
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Overview: This book brings together eight contributions on the relationships between cartography and border disputes, using map history to frame the construction of nation-states and colonial territories in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and Latin America from the 18th to the 20th century. Written by scholars from Spain, France, Portugal, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, the essay is divided into two main parts. Part I (Chapters 2 to 5) focuses on the use and contribution of maps to the processes of negotiation and boundary fixation on disputed borders, both in diplomatic forums and in the materialisation of the border on the ground, whereas Part II (Chapters 6 to
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