A Reconstruction of T H E World
George R Parkin's British Empire Map of 1893
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14701104 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Cook (Public Archives of Canada / Ottawa / Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 53-65 |
| Publication date | 1984-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/w310-g36n-14j8-5740 |
| OpenAlex | W2059506392 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
George R. Parkin published The British Empire Map of the World on Mercator's Projection in 1893 to further the cause of imperial unity. Parkin was then perhaps the most influential advocate of a united British Empire; not surprisingly, his map was a crystallization of the perceived physical and geopolitical unity of the Empire onto a single sheet. By the conscious choice of size, projection, and colouring, and by the judicious marking of naval and coaling bases, railways, and telegraph and steamer routes, Parkin attempted to demonstrate the reconstruction of the world which modern technology had produced and which in turn had made the scattered British Empire an organic unity. The map was very well received and widely used in schools, public libraries, and lecture halls
Ancient history · Art · Art history · British Empire · Cartography · Empire · Geography · Geopolitics · George (robot · Mercator projection · Parkin · Political science · Politics · Projection (relational algebra · Classics · Computer Science · Historical Geography and Cartography · History · Law · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 1998 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |