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Maps and the Science of Distortion
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1987-09/1987-10Item number (ISN):86147Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADA. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA / ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU CANADAAccession:1988-0115Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1987-09/1987-10Production company:National Archives of CanadaDescription:Lecture delivered by Hugh Taylor, Archives Course Director and Canadian archival scholar about the nature of maps in terms of communication, value, purposes from their beginnings to the present. Map symbols, subjectivity and perception are analyzed. Maps used by North American Indians are looked at, as are those produced in the days of the antiquities and in the Middle Ages. Also, map language and meaning are delved into and map construction is referred to, with allusion to use of maps for propaganda purposes. The lecture was given as part of the 1987 Archives Course sponsored by the National Archives of Canada. <90mn>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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