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This article explores the development of Italian popular and educational cartography following the national unification of 1861. While Italy had a long-standing cartographic tradition dating back to the Renaissance, this tradition had rapidly declined in the late modern age due to political fragmentation. The late 19th century saw a revival of map production, particularly through figures like Guido Cora and Giovanni De Agostini, who aimed to establish a national cartographic industry and make Italy's map production independent from foreign, especially German, publishing houses. Beyond the dissemination of geographical knowledge for scientific and educational purposes, the revival of cartography proved crucial in fostering the consolidation of the nation-state and constructing an imperial imagination that supported the establishment of a colonial domain.
本文探讨了1861年国家统一后意大利流行和教育制图的发展。虽然意大利的制图传统可以追溯到文艺复兴时期，但由于政治分裂，这一传统在近代后期迅速衰落。19世纪后期，地图制作复兴，特别是通过圭多·科拉（Guido Cora）和乔瓦尼·德·阿戈斯蒂尼（Giovanni De Agostini）等人物，他们旨在建立一个全国性的地图工业，使意大利的地图制作独立于外国，特别是德国的出版社。除了为科学和教育目的传播地理知识之外，地图学的复兴在促进民族国家的巩固和构建支持殖民领域建立的帝国想象方面发挥了至关重要的作用。
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Unique in its range, Geography Compass is an online-only journal publishing original, peer-reviewed surveys of current research from across the entire discipline. Geography Compass publishes state-of-the-art reviews, supported by a comprehensive bibliography and accessible to an international readership. Geography Compass is aimed at senior undergraduates, postgraduates and academics, and will provide a unique reference tool for researching essays, preparing lectures, writing a research proposal, or just keeping up with new developments in a specific area of interest.
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