Amsterdam Society and Maps
Amsterdam Society and Maps
This chapter outlines consumer demand for maps in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam. Production of and demand for maps was reflected social demands and contemporary events. Maps helped form a picture of a unified nation, as well as allowed individuals to distinguish themselves through display. The threads of agency within the system are explained by describing social organization, government and commercial company structures.
Keywords: Amsterdam, WIC, West India Company, Simon Stevin, maps, print publishers
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