<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Peruvian cartography in the nineteenth century was very rich and fulfilled the geographic knowledge demanded by the new Republic of Peru. In effect, the country of more than 1,000,000 km<sup>2</sup> needed to show the physical environment and to locate the distribution of its natural resources. It was the time when cartography was valued as an element of empowerment and land control, especially when the political borders were rather unstable (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_pcr-2018-0007_ref_009_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1ab1ab9Aa">G. Prieto 2018</xref>). Then, it was timely the publication of <italic>Atlas Geográfico del Perú</italic> (Geographic Atlas of Peru) by Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán, a prominent Peruvian lawyer and geographer. Author’s purpose is to comment on the new edition of the Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán <italic>Atlas Geográfico del Perú</italic>, published in Lima in 2012.</p></abstract>

Peruvian cartography in the nineteenth century was very rich and fulfilled the geographic knowledge demanded by the new Republic of Peru. In effect, the country of more than 1,000,000 km2 needed to show the physical environment and to locate the distribution of its natural resources. It was the time when cartography was valued as an element of empowerment and land control, especially when the political borders were rather unstable (G. Prieto 2018). Then, it was timely the publication of Atlas Geográfico del Perú (Geographic Atlas of Peru) by Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán, a prominent Peruvian lawyer and geographer. Author’s purpose is to comment on the new edition of the Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán Atlas Geográfico del Perú, published in Lima in 2012.

Reminiscences about Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán’s Geographic Atlas of Peru (1865)

Lima Center for Research in Applied Geography (CIGA-INTE)

Polish Cartographical Review

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Peruvian cartography in the nineteenth century was very rich and fulfilled the geographic knowledge demanded by the new Republic of Peru. In effect, the...

Reminiscences about Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán’s Geographic Atlas of Peru (1865)

Published Online: Aug 13, 2018

Page range: 111 - 122

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2018-0007

Keywords
Peruvian maps in the 19th century, Paz Soldán Atlas

© 2018 Hildegardo Córdova-Aguilar, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Reminiscences about Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán’s Geographic Atlas of Peru (1865)

Published Online: Aug 13, 2018

Page range: 111 - 122

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcr-2018-0007

KeywordsPeruvian maps in the 19th century, Paz Soldán Atlas

© 2018 Hildegardo Córdova-Aguilar, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Peruvian maps in the 19th century, Paz Soldán Atlas