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British Contribution to the Charting of the Adriatic Sea

18 Feb 2014-Cartographic Journal (Taylor & Francis)-Vol. 52, Iss: 4, pp 305-317
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of an original research study that was based on the analysis of British charts of the Adriatic produced during and immediately after military operations undertaken by British forces and their allies against Napoleon.
Abstract: In this paper, we present the results of an original research study that was based on the analysis of British charts of the Adriatic produced during and immediately after military operations undertaken by British forces and their allies against Napoleon in the Adriatic. We analyse the creation and production of British charts of the Adriatic from the first charting campaign of the Hydrographic Office of 1800–1801 to charts produced in the period of British rule over the island of Lissa of 1811–1815 to the first systematic hydrographic surveying of the Adriatic of 1817–1819 under the leadership of William Henry Smyth that resulted in the first hydrographic atlas and pilot book of the Adriatic. At the same time, the paper evaluates the British contribution to the creation of some of the first reliable nautical charts of the Adriatic and to the development of the nautical cartography of the Adriatic in general.
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12 Dec 2017
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse the usages of cartes premierement in the marche mondialise of the carte nautique, in particular, in relation to the use of leves and to the collection of donnees geographiques.
Abstract: L'hydrographie francaise au XIXe siecle est mal connue pourtant c'est sans doute la periode pendant laquelle elle a connu son plus fort developpement portee par l'elan de la conquete coloniale.La collecte des donnees geographiques, la redaction des cartes ainsi que I'approvisionnement des flottes de guerre et de commerce sont de la responsabilite du Depot des cartes et plans de la marine et des ingenieurs hydrographes qui forment un corps specifique. Sur les terrains les officiers de marine recoivent la mission de realiser des leves et de collecter la moindre donnee qui pourrait servir a faire progresser le savoir geographique. Ils sont les indispensables auxiliaires des ingenieurs trop peu nombreux pour suffire a la tâche. Passee l'epoque des grands voyages scientifiques (1790-1840), qui a permis de renover la connaissance geographique du Pacifique et de ses rives, le rythme faiblit. En effet, la France, a la difference de la Grande-Bretagne et en raison de la modicite relative des credits alloues a I'hydrographie, n'organise que tres peu de campagnes exclusivement hydrographiques.Cependant, l'hydrographie francaise peine a trouver sa place sur le marche mondialise de la carte nautique, domine par la production britannique largement exploitee et copiee par les cartographes prives.La seconde partie de ce travail a pour objectif d'analyser les usages des cartes premierement a travers l'etude du marche et des attentes des marins eux-memes. Enfin, nous nous sommes interesses aux experiences quotidiennes de la navigation pour saisir la place que prend la carte dans la pratique des marins.

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TL;DR: The process of political and territorial unification of the Kingdom of Italy (1860) and Austria-Hungary (1867) highlighted the issues of territoriality both on land and at sea as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The process of political and territorial unification of the Kingdom of Italy (1860) and Austria-Hungary (1867) highlighted the issues of territoriality both on land and at sea. As a part of that ef...

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