Cartographic Encounters

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Cartographic Encounters is written by G. Malcolm Lewis and published by University of Chicago Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0226476944 (ISBN 10) and 9780226476940 (ISBN 13).

Ever since a native American prepared a paper "charte" of the lower Colorado River for the Spaniard Hernando de Alarcon in 1540, native Americans have been making maps in the course of encounters with whites (the most recent maps often support land claims). This book charts the history of these cartographic encounters, examining native maps and mapmaking from the earliest contacts onward.