Vision, technology and the mapping of the Amazon

Event synopsis: Hidden Histories of Exploration Hidden Histories of Exploration reveals the contribution of people such as Juan Tepano, Mohammed Jen Jamain, Sidi Mubarak Bombay, Nain Singh and Pedro Caripoco to the history of exploration. Find out about their role and its lasting significance, as il...

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Main Author: Martins, Luciana
Format: Conference Object
Language:unknown
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/10382/
http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/Exhibitions/Past+exhibitions/Hidden+Histories+of+Exploration.htm
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Summary:Event synopsis: Hidden Histories of Exploration Hidden Histories of Exploration reveals the contribution of people such as Juan Tepano, Mohammed Jen Jamain, Sidi Mubarak Bombay, Nain Singh and Pedro Caripoco to the history of exploration. Find out about their role and its lasting significance, as illustrated in the paintings, books, maps photographs, artefacts and manuscripts of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Materials from Africa, Asia, the Arctic and the Americas are respresented, with highlights including paintings by Thomas Baines, Catherine Frere's sketches of women on an African expedition, and film from the 1922 Everest expedition.