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The international research network GEOPAM studies the spatial constructions of the Americas from modern times to the present 🌎
www.geopam.org / www.canoageopam.org
At the next conference of the Nodo Culturas Cartográficas, Teresa Shawcross, professor at Princeton University, will present her research "Malleable Geographies: mapping China on the Americas in Christopher Columbus' annotation of Marco Polo's description of the world." This Friday, November 14th!
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In the latest publication of our Canoa, María Jesús Benites, professor at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina, invites us to explore the European imagination on the Río de la Plata and its connections with the Strait of Magellan and Patagonia.
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Guadalupe Pinzón Ríos, professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and member of Geopam, just published her book "Introducción a la historia marítima de Nueva España". Congratulations!
October 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We invite you to the colloquium "Penser le monde, écrire pour dominer? Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas et l’entreprise géo-historiographique des Habsbourg d’Espagne (1580-1625)", on November 6th and 7th, in Paris. Some members of Geopam will participate in the event. Check it out!
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Due to their stinging trichomes, nettles may not have the best reputation. Even so, this wandering herb has numerous uses and properties, explored for centuries in medicine, manufacturing, and even cooking. Learn more in the Herbal Calendar on our CANOA. 🌿🌾
October 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We congratulate Andréa Doré, professor at the Federal University of Paraná and member of Geopam, on the publication of her book "Mapping South American Promises: Potosí, Brazil, and European Visions"!
September 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This Thursday, 9/11, Kaytlin Ramírez Opazo will present her research on maritime visualities of the Port of Arica. The lecture will be in Spanish (link below). We look forward to seeing you there! 🗺️🌊
September 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We invite you to the III Congreso Internacional Naufragios, to take place on November 26-28, 2026, at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Viña del Mar, Chile! The Congress is an opportunity to bring together scholars with the aim of discussing Early Modern shipwrecks from different disciplines.
September 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ornamental plant, ingredient for teas and infusions, detail on Greek columns, herb with magical powers: in these and other situations, the acanthus is a companion plant for humans, ants, bees, and hummingbirds. Read our article about this migratory herb in the Herbal Calendar in CANOA! 🌿🌾
September 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The dandelion is one of the most well-known migratory plants. We find it in parks, on paths, in gardens, and in cracks in the asphalt. Read our article about this small and resilient flower, including its culinary uses! 🌱💮

www.canoageopam.org/post/calenda...
August 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Jaguar-men are present in Indigenous narratives of both the past and present. They serve as a reminder that the past is a valuable source for understanding the many ways in which our behavior as humans varies according to our diverse encounters with other living beings. 🐆
August 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) is the newest addition to our Herbal Calendar of traveling plants! This herb originates from the Mediterranean, but it's in Chile, during the spring, that its intense blue flowers are harvested and its raw stems served in a delicious and sophisticated salad. 🌿🥗
August 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Chicory is the third plant in our Herbal Calendar. Charismatic and with blue flowers, it is the country girl that appears on roadsides and around the edges of plantations. Its multiple medicinal and culinary uses make this plant a longtime companion of humans. 💐🌿
August 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Read the text by Kaytlin Ramírez Opazo, historian at the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile, on images of llamas! Addressing both European and Indigenous perspectives, Kaytlin argues that placing these camelids, so important to the history of the Andes, at the center of visual analysis is an +
August 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
With a strong personality, the thornless blackberry grows quickly and travels long distances. From Mexico to Uruguay, this plant has multiple uses and is used by different cultures for a variety of purposes. Check it out in our Herbal Calendar, with a delicious blackberry crumble recipe! 🌿🌱
August 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We invite you to read the essay by Andréa Doré, one of the most recent publications in CANOA! In her text, Andréa demonstrates how the simple details of the landscape, like a tree on top of a hill, can carry meanings that go far beyond spatial orientation. 🌳

Check it out on www.canoageopam.org
August 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today we invite you to revisit the first entry in our Herbal Calendar of traveling plants, about the yuyo. With yellow flowers and a relative of broccoli and cabbage, the yuyo originated in Hungary to populate fields in Latin America and around the world. 🌿🌱

🔗 www.canoageopam.org/post/calenda...
August 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“🌍 Geopamists of the world! With this image of Phaeton raising his arms to the sky, we present the latest article by our dear Chet in Canoa. 🛶 Enjoy this brilliant piece on depictions of Louis XIV in the cartouches of French maps. We welcome you to both read and share!
Check it out 👉 bit.ly/3GmHoIP”
POLITICAL ALLEGORY OF LOUIS XIV IN A DUTCH MAP OF FRANCE
Chet Van DuzerLazarus Project, University of Rochester, United States. | GEOPAMIn my research on cartographic cartouches, a spectacular cartouche on a map of France by the Dutch cartographer Nicolaes ...
https://bit.ly/3GmHoIP”
July 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
📖 The remarkable pen of @MarioGrana8 ❤️ kicks off CANOA’s new section "Postcards of Curiosity." In it, he shares how visits to the General Archive of the Indies revealed unexpected connections that shed new light on a famous map of Bolivia. Follow along! 👉
bit.ly/3FSg70L%E2%8...
REFLECTIONS UPON THE ARCHIVAL EXPERIENCE: MAPPING CONNECTIONS AND DISCONNECTIONS IN THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY BORDERLANDS OF THE SOUTHEAST OF CHARCAS —PRESENT-DAY BOLIVIA—
Mario Graña TaborelliFellow, University College London | GEOPAMThe most recent gathering of GEOPAM took place in Seville, a city that also hosts one of the most prominent repositories of records of th...
http://bit.ly/3FSg70L”
July 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
🛎️ Dear Network, Good news! We have a new publication on CANOA 📖
We invite you to dive into the pinnacle of 17th-century missionary masculinity with this text by our dear Javiera Jaque
www.canoageopam.org/post/el-mart...
EL MARTIRIO AL CENTRO DE LA PERFORMANCE DE MASCULINIDAD: MISIONES JESUITAS EN LA FRONTERA DE ARAUCO, CHILE, SIGLO XVII
Javiera JaqueVirginia Tech, Chile | GEOPAMLas accommodatio o traducciones y adaptaciones que la orden jesuita desarrolló a lo largo de la temprana modernidad han sido ampliamente estudiadas. En este t...
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July 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
On 24 June, Denise Aparecida Soares de Moura (Unesp-Franca) will give a talk entitled: ‘Territorialidades não estatais e ficção imperial na definição das fronteiras ibero-americanas (1765-1775)’.
* Talk in Portuguese!

We look forward to seeing you there 🔥
June 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Watch the video of the lecture ‘An Introduction to the Map Collections of the Dutch National Archives’ by Gijs Boink, held on 23 April (in the framework of the Cartographic Cultures Node).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAsx...

#maps
#geography
Gijs Boink- An Introduction to the Map Collections of the Dutch National Archives
YouTube video by GEOPAM Red de Investigación Internacional
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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April 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🗺️🇳🇱“An Introduction to the Map Collections of the Dutch National Archives”

The Curator of Maps at the National Archive of the Netherlands, Gijs Boink, will introduce the collections of maps, charts and drawings in the institution’s collections.

Join with Teams:
shorturl.at/Y4IQO

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April 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
‘Bahía 1625, historia sobre un lienzo’, has just been premiered. It features two GEOPAM members: Irene Vicente & José Carlos Vilardaga. This 📽️ is part of the exhibition ‘Annus Mirabilis’ which will be on display from 11 April to the end of July at the Naval Museum in Madrid.

🎬 bit.ly/3Yt5Uh9
April 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM