Between Encyclopedia and Chorography | Defining the Agency of “Cultural Encyclopedias” from a Transcultural Perspective | ISBN 9783110748017

Between Encyclopedia and Chorography

Defining the Agency of “Cultural Encyclopedias” from a Transcultural Perspective

herausgegeben von Anna Boroffka
Buchcover Between Encyclopedia and Chorography  | EAN 9783110748017 | ISBN 3-11-074801-0 | ISBN 978-3-11-074801-7

Between Encyclopedia and Chorography

Defining the Agency of “Cultural Encyclopedias” from a Transcultural Perspective

herausgegeben von Anna Boroffka

During the early modern period, regional specified compendia – which combine information on local moral and natural history, towns and fortifications with historiography, antiquarianism, images series or maps – gain a new agency in the production of knowledge. The publication discusses compilations on the Americas, classified by research as chorographies, encyclopeadias or 'cultural encyclopaedias', in context with Asian and European examples.