Martins, Luciana (1998) Navigating in tropical waters: British maritime views of Rio de Janeiro. Imago Mundi 50 (1), pp. 141-155. ISSN 0308-5694.
Abstract
This paper considers how the experience of travelling around the globe helped to shape the geographical imagination of British seamen in the early nineteenth century. It focuses in particular on graphic images of Rio de Janeiro produced by a Royal Navy midshipman (later lieutenant), Charles William Browne. More generally, the paper examines the place of the Brazilian harbour in the Royal Navy's strategic and logistical planning; the increasingly significant role of coastal views, plans and charts in improving and enlarging British geographical knowledge; and the production and circulation of iconic images of hybrid tropical landscapes by British seamen.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Nineteenth‐century mapping, coastal views, charts, Rio de Janeiro harbour, geographical imagination, marine drawing, tropical landscapes, Royal Navy, Charles William Browne, HMS Alceste |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Iberian and Latin American Visual Studies, Centre for (CILAVS), Birkbeck Knowledge Lab |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2011 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 12:30 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/4114 |
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