Mapping the country of regions the Chorographic Commission of nineteenth-century Colombia / [electronic resource] :
Nancy P. Appelbaum.
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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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Colombia. Comisión Corográfica --History.
Cartography--History.--Colombia
Colombia--History--1832-1886. Colombia--Description and travel.