The Mapmakers of New Zion

A Cartographic History of Mormonism

Richard Francaviglia (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

292 Seiten

2015
University of Utah Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-60781-408-5 (ISBN)

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From their earliest days on the American frontier through their growth into a worldwide church, the spatially expansive Mormons made maps to help them create idealized communities, migrate to and colonize large parts of the American West, visualize the stories in their sacred texts, and spread their message internationally through a well-organized missionary system. This book identifies many Mormon mapmakers who played an important but heretofore unsung role in charting the course of Latter-day Saint history. For Mormons, maps had and continue to have both practical and spiritual significance. In addition to using maps to help build their new Zion and to explore the Intermountain West, Latter-day Saint mapmakers used them to depict locations and events described in the Book of Mormon.

Featuring over one hundred historical maps reproduced in full color—many never before published—The Mapmakers of New Zion sheds new light on Mormonism and takes readers on a fascinating journey through maps as both historical documents and touchstones of faith.

Richard Francaviglia, Professor Emeritus of History and Geography at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA has been interested in maps since childhood. His diverse publications include the recent Go East, Young Man: Imagining the American West as the Orient. He lives in Oregon where he teaches courses in religious studies at Willamette University, USA.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.6.2015
Zusatzinfo	122 maps & illustrations
Verlagsort	Salt Lake City
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1401 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-60781-408-0 / 1607814080
ISBN-13	978-1-60781-408-5 / 9781607814085
Zustand	Neuware