Territorial Images of Yorùbáland Cartographic Styles and Symbolic Representation in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

Babatunde A. Ogundiwin
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In the nineteenth century, Euro-American maps of Africa in the cultural contact of Europeans and Africans were also rhetorical devices, which articulated the politics of territorial conceptions of the geographical space. I contend that cartographic styles visually prompt alternative territorial perspectives with insights into past geographies. The paper examines three nineteenth-century maps of Yorùbáland in West-Central Africa highlighting cartographic styles, symbolic representations and territorial politics. Through a historical-stylistic analysis, I explore the cultural motivation of map production, their composition and the semiotic evaluation of their representations to stress alternative map appearances. These maps worked in territorial power relations, which highlight map styles as a persuasive element in the social construction of territorial identities and interests. Overall, the paper stresses maps are vital devices in the nineteenth century territorialisation of Yorùbáland, which exemplify the cultural interdependence of Europeans, Americans and Africans.
19 世纪中叶约鲁巴地区的领土形象 制图风格与符号表征
19 世纪,在欧洲人和非洲人的文化接触中,欧美人绘制的非洲地图也是一种修辞手段,阐明了地理空间领土概念的政治性。我认为,制图风格通过对过去地理的洞察,直观地提示了另一种领土视角。本文研究了三幅 19 世纪中西部非洲约鲁巴兰(Yorùbáland)地图,突出强调了制图风格、符号表征和领土政治。通过历史风格分析,我探讨了地图绘制的文化动机、地图的构成以及对地图表述的符号学评价,以强调地图的另类外观。这些地图在领土权力关系中发挥作用,突出了地图风格在领土身份和利益的社会建构中的说服力。总之,本文强调地图是 19 世纪约鲁巴兰领土化的重要工具,体现了欧洲人、美国人和非洲人在文化上的相互依存。
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