TY - BOOK ID - 85591412 TI - Mapping mountains PY - 2020 SN - 9789004441682 9004441689 9789004441231 9004441239 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - 912 <09> KW - 912 <23> KW - History of cartography KW - 912 <23> Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Gebergten. Bergen. KW - Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Gebergten. Bergen. KW - 912 <23> Cartography. Maps. Atlasses--Mountain Ranges. Mountains KW - Cartography. Maps. Atlasses--Mountain Ranges. Mountains KW - Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Geschiedenis van KW - Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Gebergten. Bergen KW - E-books KW - Mountain mapping. KW - Cartography. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85591412 AB - Mountains appear in the oldest known maps yet their representation has proven a notoriously difficult challenge for map makers. In this essay, Ernesto Capello surveys the broad history of relief representation in cartography with an emphasis on the allegorical, commercial and political uses of mapping mountains. After an initial overview and critique of the traditional historiography and development of techniques of relief representation, the essay features four clusters of mountain mapping emphases. These include visions of mountains as paradise, the mountain as site of colonial and postcolonial encounter, the development of elevation profiles and panoramas, and mountains as mass-marketed touristed itineraries. ER -