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Iconography of Jesuit Maps: The Spoken and Unspoken Landscapes of the Americas

Iconography of Jesuit Maps: The Spoken and Unspoken Landscapes of the Americas Although many authors consider Jesuit cartography to be part of colonial cartography and not a distinct genre, maps produced by the Jesuits show a certain coherence that distinguished them from regular colonial maps. Coming into sight during the Age of Early Modern Encounter and the formation of European overseas colonies, Jesuit cartography indeed conformed to many conventions of colonial cartography, but it also exhibited many peculiarities.

Jesuit cartography, Early Modern Encounter, South America, North America, Spanish Empire, Brazil, New France

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