Mapping for Travel and Conquest, Revealing Nature
Reading Remezov’s Maps for Insight into the Early Modern Siberian Environment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7176838 |
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| Authors | Erika Monahan (0009-0003-5534-4644, The University of New Mexico https://dx.doi.org/1104 Albuquerque, NM USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 455-492 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Early Modern History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1385-3783 • E-ISSN: 1570-0658 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700658-bja10114 |
| OpenAlex | W7115564637 |
| Language | EN |
This article argues that, while a variety of state priorities manifest in Remezov’s maps, it was the priority of communicating information relevant for travel that accounts for the wealth of details regarding the environment that are recorded in the atlas. This article posits a further assertion: despite the remoteness of the mapped area, the primitiveness of the techniques used, and the methodological skepticism required in reading maps, Remezov’s work is generally of such quality that this atlas does hold potential for better documenting the historical environment of Siberia, and even longue durée environmental change over time
Reading (process · Skepticism · State (computer science · Variety (cybernetics · Work (physics · Historical Geography and Cartography · Soviet and Russian History · Travel Writing and Literature
| Highly cited | No |
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