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Reconstructing the Map: ‘Deep Mapping’ Greece, 1821–1852

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Reconstructing the Map: ‘Deep Mapping’ Greece, 1821–1852 (EN)
Tolias, George
El Gedi, Panagiotis
Gkadolou, Eleni
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2023-07-31
The article serves as introduction to this Special Section. After a brief overviewof the potential of historical maps as visual memory registers, and a presentation of someanalogous recent developments in the digital humanities, such as “spatial history”, “deepmapping” and “digital storytelling”, the article presents the aim of the project and theempirical methodology followed for the development of the Digital Atlas of the GreekWar of Independence and the Creation of the Greek State, 1821–1852. The Atlas is basedon the corpus of important maps produced during the period under examination, theirexploitation as sources of information, and their reconstruction, achieved through theunveiling of the subsequent layers of the principal sources of information of each map,such as travellers’ accounts and scientific expeditions, topographic illustrations andreconnaissance itineraries, topographic or hydrographic surveys, statistics, etc. The atlasis further supplemented by additional information, a selection of first-hand testimonieson the Greek War of Independence, extracted from memoirs of combatants as well asillustrations related to the revolutionary events. (EN)
The Historical Revue / La Revue Historique
English
Institute for Neohellenic Research/NHRF (EN)
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The Historical Review/La Revue Historique; Τόμ. 19 Αρ. 1 (2022): The Historical Review / La Revue Historique; 115-142 (EL)
The Historical Review/La Revue Historique; Vol. 19 No. 1 (2022): The Historical Review / La Revue Historique; 115-142 (EN)
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Special Section II / Section spéciale II. Atlas1821.com. A Digital Atlas of theGreek War of Independence and the Creation of the Greek State, 1821-1852



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