Latin American carotography, geography, and literature: Help?

Ricardo Padron (padron@husc.harvard.edu)
Thu, 17 Feb 1994 17:49:31 -0500 (EST)

I have been working lately on the Ecuadorean national novel, Cumanda, and
its relation to various 19th century attempts to map the Ecuadorean
national territory. Although "mapping" and "cartography" receive a lot
of mention in contemporary literary criticism, it is usually as metaphors
for representation rather than as part of a concern with actual maps. I
was hoping some of you could help me with the cartographic/geographic
dimensions of this project (although comments about the literary
relationship would be most welcome). I am looking specifically for
bibliography on the history of cartography in latin america (or of it)
and for discussions of the ideological implications of map-making.

Please e-mail me at padron@husc.harvard.edu. I would be very grateful
for your help and look forward to some conversation.

Ricardo Padron