Geo-strategy and the persistence of antiquity: surveying mythical hydrographies in the eastern Mediterranean, 1784–1869 Export

@article{citeulike:4362381, abstract = {This paper explores late eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century mappings of three strategic sites in the Eastern Mediterranean, each with a notable ancient history: the Straits of the Dardanelles, and the isthmuses of Suez and Mount Athos. Considering mapping as a culturally and historically situated cognitive practice, the paper focuses on the rhetorical use of Classical antiquity (the Persian Wars) in the geopolitical discourse of that period and in the legitimization of great hydraulic projects, like the Suez Canal. At the same time, it also seeks to re-evaluate Mediterranean straits and isthmuses in their geographical specificity, as physical and imaginative 'gateways' to the Orient, as 'connecting points' and boundaries between the Self and the Other.}, author = {Delladora, V.}, citeulike-article-id = {4362381}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2006.09.001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305748806001150}, doi = {10.1016/j.jhg.2006.09.001}, issn = {03057488}, journal = {Journal of Historical Geography}, keywords = {hydrography, mapping, maps, mediterranean}, month = {July}, number = {3}, pages = {514--541}, posted-at = {2009-04-18 12:01:31}, priority = {2}, title = {Geo-strategy and the persistence of antiquity: surveying mythical hydrographies in the eastern Mediterranean, 1784–1869}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2006.09.001}, volume = {33}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4362381 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4362381 N2 - This paper explores late eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century mappings of three strategic sites in the Eastern Mediterranean, each with a notable ancient history: the Straits of the Dardanelles, and the isthmuses of Suez and Mount Athos. Considering mapping as a culturally and historically situated cognitive practice, the paper focuses on the rhetorical use of Classical antiquity (the Persian Wars) in the geopolitical discourse of that period and in the legitimization of great hydraulic projects, like the Suez Canal. At the same time, it also seeks to re-evaluate Mediterranean straits and isthmuses in their geographical specificity, as physical and imaginative ‘gateways’ to the Orient, as ‘connecting points’ and boundaries between the Self and the Other. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Historical Geography SN - 03057488 EP - 541 TI - Geo-strategy and the persistence of antiquity: surveying mythical hydrographies in the eastern Mediterranean, 1784–1869 VL - 33 SP - 514 KW - hydrography KW - mapping KW - maps KW - mediterranean AU - Delladora, V PY - 2007/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2006.09.001 ER -