Doctoral Theses in Progress |
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Authors: | Elizabeth Baigent |
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Affiliation: | 1. Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois, USA;2. University of Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) |
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Abstract: | Abstract Jean Bonfa's 1696 map offered the most accurate portrait in its day of the Comtat Venaissin. Commissioned when France threatened the region economically and politically, the map's topographical detail and allegorical themes exhibit a political geography favouring papal interests. Yet the map's coordinates for Avignon reflect neither Bonfa's skill as a positional astronomer nor his collaboration with the Paris Observatory. Finally, because local authorities controlled the distribution of Bonfa's map, it was not available to other cartographers. |
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Keywords: | Jean Bonfa, S.J. cartographer and astronomer Comtat Venaissin, map of in 1696 Avignon, geographical coordinates papal territory, in 17th century topographical surveying, 17th century Louis David, engraver Jesuit cartography |
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