Baptista Boazio’s Engravings Of Sir Francis Drake’s Great Voyage: English Law And Conquest In The Atlantic World
| Author(s) | Gates, Bryce | |
| Date Accessioned | 2016-09-19T15:29:37Z | |
| Date Available | 2016-09-19T15:29:37Z | |
| Publication Date | 2016-05 | |
| Abstract | What can a map tell us? Can it merely be used to tell directions or supply geographical information about a locality? Or could it also explain legal tenets, or showcase military strategy? My Senior Thesis aims to uncover Sir Francis Drake’s achievements in his Atlantic raids as depicted in Baptista Boazio’s map engravings of the voyage. Through analysis of the maps I uncover Boazio’s attempt to illustrate English military and legal principles in the New World. Baptista Boazio, an elusive cartographer of the sixteenth century, challenges the traditional cartographic conventions by demonstrating not only geography and place, but also the ideology of a budding empire and the legacy of an English hero. Boazio’s engravings of the voyage to the West Indies represent English political power, military strategy, and legal authority. | en_US |
| Advisor | Mónica Domínguez Torres | |
| Program | Art History | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/19596 | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| Keywords | english law | en_US |
| Keywords | atlantic | en_US |
| Keywords | art history | en_US |
| Title | Baptista Boazio’s Engravings Of Sir Francis Drake’s Great Voyage: English Law And Conquest In The Atlantic World | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |