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The mapmakers of New Zion : a cartographic history of Mormonism / Richard Francaviglia.

By: Publisher: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) : illustrations, maps (chiefly color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1607814099
  • 9781607814092
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als:: A cartographic history of MormonismDDC classification:
  • 289.3022/3 23
LOC classification:
  • BX8611 .F73 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : "the map makes it visible" : mapping the sacred -- "Right with the compass and right with God" : Mormon identity and cartographic inspiration -- "I want the best" : cartography and the Mormon exodus -- "This is the place" : Mormon mapmaking in the American West -- "Considerable praise" : James H. Martineau, mapmaker extraordinaire -- "Journey of faith" : mapping the Book of Mormon and Mormon origins -- "Go ye into all the world" : maps and Mormon expansion -- Conclusion : "make known his wonderful works" : reflections on maps, religion, and power.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260) and index.

Introduction : "the map makes it visible" : mapping the sacred -- "Right with the compass and right with God" : Mormon identity and cartographic inspiration -- "I want the best" : cartography and the Mormon exodus -- "This is the place" : Mormon mapmaking in the American West -- "Considerable praise" : James H. Martineau, mapmaker extraordinaire -- "Journey of faith" : mapping the Book of Mormon and Mormon origins -- "Go ye into all the world" : maps and Mormon expansion -- Conclusion : "make known his wonderful works" : reflections on maps, religion, and power.

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