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The Mapping of the Entradas into the greater Southwest

Title
The Mapping of the Entradas into the greater Southwest / edited by Dennis Reinhartz and Gerald D. Saxon.
Publication
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1998], ©1998.

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  • Reinhartz, Dennis.
  • Saxon, Gerald D.
Description
xiv, 227 pages, 16 pages of color plates : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
  • In this volume edited by Dennis Reinhartz and Gerald D. Saxon, five leading scholars in history, geography, and cartography discuss the role Spanish explorers and mapmakers played in bringing knowledge of the New World to Europe.
  • The entradas, of Panfilo de Narvaez and Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (1527-37), Fray Marcos de Niza and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (1539-42), and Hernando de Soto and Luis de Moscoso (1539-43), into the Greater Southwest of North America were crucial in the dissemination of information and images of the newly discovered lands.
  • The contributors investigate linkages between the early explorers' experiences, their influence on indigenous peoples, and perceptions of the region as reflected in printed maps of the period. This body of images, which incorporated Indian information, made a powerful impression on the still largely preliterate people of Europe, reshaping their world.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface / Dennis Reinhartz and Gerald D. Saxon -- I. The Renaissance Geographic and Cartographic Background to the First Century of Greater Southwest Discovery and Cartography / David Woodward -- II. Meso-American and Spanish Cartography: An Unusual Example of Syncretic Development / David Buisseret -- III. Spanish Entrada Cartography / Harry Kelsey -- IV. Coastal Exploration and Mapping: A Concomitant of the Entradas / Robert S. Weddle -- V. Legado: The Information of the Entradas Portrayed through the Early Nineteenth Century / Dennis Reinhartz -- VI. Entrada: The First Century of Mapping the Greater Southwest, An Exhibition / Katherine R. Goodwin -- Cartobibliography / Katherine R. Goodwin.
ISBN
0806130474 (alk. paper)
LCCN
98026958
OCLC
  • 39299580
  • ocm39299580
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries