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Mapping the country of regions [electronic resource] :the Chorographic Commission of nineteenth-century Colombia / Nancy P. Appelbaum.

By: Appelbaum, Nancy P [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781469627465; 1469627469.Subject(s): Colombia. Comisión Corográfica -- History | Cartography -- Colombia -- History | Colombia -- History -- 1832-1886 | Colombia -- Description and travelGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 526.09861 Online resources: Full text available:
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."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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."

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