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The Perils of Historical Geography: On a Pretended Lost Map to a Legendary Sunken Forest
Author(s) -
Eigen Edward
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1079
Subject(s) - mythology , terrain , saint , geography , history , art history , plot (graphics) , archaeology , cartography , classics , statistics , mathematics
Our perception of territory and the geographical terrain continues to be influenced as much by our cultural persuasions and desires as by the reality of hard facts. Edward Eigen trawls the literature of Mont‐Saint‐Michel to reveal the fascinating case of the mythical forest that surfaced on an erroneous 18th‐century map of the abbey and its environs. Could this plot against history have put myth in danger of triumphing over reason? Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.