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The cartographic representation of the Netherlands East and West Indies on Dutch school wall maps
- By Brink, Dr.ir. Lowie
- Published 13 January 2010
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Brink, Dr.ir. Lowie
Dr.ir. Lowie Brink is eigenaar van antiquariaat De wereld aan de wand in Nijmegen. Dit antiquariaat is gespecialiseerd in (school)wandkaarten uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw. Brink schreef diverse artikelen over deze tot nu toe veronachtzaamde muurbloempjes van de Nederlandse kaartenfamilie. Hij publiceerde tevens de twee boeken ‘De wereld tussen twee stokken: de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse schoolwandkaarten’ en ‘Bibliografie en foto-overzicht van de Nederlandse schoolwandkaarten (1801-1975)’.
Antiquariaat De Wereld aan de Wand
International Symposium on “Old Worlds-New Worlds”: The History of Colonial Cartography 1750-1950, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 21 to 23 August 2006
ICA Working Group on the History of Colonial Cartography in the 19th and 20th centuries International Cartographic Association (ICA-ACI)
From about 1820 school wall maps were one of the main teaching aids in geography lessons in primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands. Due to the growing economic importance of the Dutch East Indies, this region became a standard subject in Dutch school cartography during the second half of the 19th century. For obvious reasons the attention in geography education shifted to Netherlands New Guinea (1950 - 1962) and since 1950 to the Dutch West Indies (Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles). Various cartographic aspects of the school wall maps will be considered: map content, relief representation, map themes and map fidelity and up-to-dateness.
INTRODUCTION
Between 1750 and 1950 the image presented in school atlases and on school wall maps was for many people the only cartographic representation of the world (or parts of it) they set eyes on. In the Netherlands the image of the Dutch East and West Indies was likewise shaped by the school maps used in geography lessons. Several cartographic features of one of the main ‘builders’ of the public cartographic image of the former Dutch colonies, the school wall map, will be examined below.
ICA Working Group on the History of Colonial Cartography in the 19th and 20th centuries International Cartographic Association (ICA-ACI)
From about 1820 school wall maps were one of the main teaching aids in geography lessons in primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands. Due to the growing economic importance of the Dutch East Indies, this region became a standard subject in Dutch school cartography during the second half of the 19th century. For obvious reasons the attention in geography education shifted to Netherlands New Guinea (1950 - 1962) and since 1950 to the Dutch West Indies (Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles). Various cartographic aspects of the school wall maps will be considered: map content, relief representation, map themes and map fidelity and up-to-dateness.
INTRODUCTION
Between 1750 and 1950 the image presented in school atlases and on school wall maps was for many people the only cartographic representation of the world (or parts of it) they set eyes on. In the Netherlands the image of the Dutch East and West Indies was likewise shaped by the school maps used in geography lessons. Several cartographic features of one of the main ‘builders’ of the public cartographic image of the former Dutch colonies, the school wall map, will be examined below.
