Elizabeth A. Sutton
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780226254784
- eISBN:
- 9780226254814
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226254814.003.0002
- Subject:
- Earth Sciences and Geography, Cultural and Historical Geography
This chapter outlines consumer demand for maps in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam. Production of and demand for maps was reflected social demands and contemporary events. Maps helped form a ...
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This chapter outlines consumer demand for maps in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam. Production of and demand for maps was reflected social demands and contemporary events. Maps helped form a picture of a unified nation, as well as allowed individuals to distinguish themselves through display. The threads of agency within the system are explained by describing social organization, government and commercial company structures.Less
This chapter outlines consumer demand for maps in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam. Production of and demand for maps was reflected social demands and contemporary events. Maps helped form a picture of a unified nation, as well as allowed individuals to distinguish themselves through display. The threads of agency within the system are explained by describing social organization, government and commercial company structures.
