Iris Kantor

Usos diplomáticos da ilha-Brasil polêmicas cartográficas e historiográficas

This article analyses the formation of Brazils island myth and how it was represented in the XVI and XVII cartography. It also discusses how this myth was used and reused for diplomatic porpoises.

Cartografia e diplomacia: usos geopolíticos da informação toponímica (1750-1850)

O artigo explora dimensoes geopoliticas da toponimia, registradas em documentos cartograficos, desde as reformas empreendidas pelo consulado pombalino em meados do seculo XVIII, ate as primeiras decadas do seculo XIX, em meio ao processo de afirmacao do Estado imperial pos-colonial.

The digital library of historical cartography of the University of São Paulo

The Digital Library of Historical Cartography of the University of São Paulo makes available a set of high-resolution digital versions of maps printed between the XV and the XIX centuries belonging to the Universitys collections. Each map is available along with extensive carto-bibliographic and biographic references, and relevant technical, editorial and historical information for cartographic documents analysis. The Digital Library was also conceived to pursue data from other similar sites, constituting itself as a useful research tool. It provides facilities to gather relevant information to acknowledge the production, circulation and appropriation of historical maps in different contexts and media.