Jesuit Missionary Cartography of the Upper Amazon, 1689 to 1789
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Jesuit Missionary Cartography of the Upper Amazon, 1689 to 1789

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Jesuit Missionary Cartography of the Upper Amazon, 1689 to 1789

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In the early modern period, members of the Society of Jesus working as missionaries in the so-called mission of Maynas explored vast areas of the upper Amazon. These missionaries belonged to the very small group of Europeans who lived in the forests of the Amazon Basin for longer periods, in close contact with local people. Their daily experiences in the mission, their high level of education, and their connection with the institutional structures of the Jesuit order made them key figures in the production of knowledge about the Amazon. Irina Saladin investigates the complex relationships between mission and knowledge in the context of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Jesuit maps. She analyzes how Jesuit missionary practices shaped the cartographic representation of the Amazon in the early modern era.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1. Introduction
  10. 2. Geography and the Society of Jesus: An Overview
  11. 3. Maps and Mission in the Amazon
  12. 4. Appropriation and Politics
  13. 5. Experience and Geometry
  14. 6. Territoriality and the Space of Jesuit Identity
  15. 7. Ethnography and Apologetics
  16. 8. Summary and Conclusions
  17. Bibliography and Sources
  18. Index