Map Month 2024: Colonialism in the Cartouche: Imagery and Power in Early Modern Maps
History Colorado and Rocky Mountain Map Society present Colonialism in the Cartouche: Imagery and Power in Early Modern Maps with Chet Van Duzer.
The role of maps as tools of colonial control is well known; the decorative cartouches on maps
are the places where the cartographer often signals to the viewer his or her interests or
prejudices, but the colonialist messages conveyed by cartouches are underexplored. This
lecture examines colonialist imagery in several cartouches from the end of the seventeenth to the
early nineteenth century both to show the visual vocabulary of this colonialist discourse, and to
stimulate further study of cartouches of this type.
This presentation will take place in the Lanny and Sharon Martin Family Foundation Room on the 4th floor of the History Colorado Center.
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2378987-0
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2378987-2
