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NOT ACTUAL MAP, COULDN'T FIND MY MAP IN THE DATABASE. VERY SIMILAR LOOKALIKE THOUGH
Rennell’s maps of India led to the consolidation of India. His maps were also used heavily as a tool to use to conquer the country by plotting where all of the countries stockpiles of village, forests, rice fields, and other valuable goods because he was a huge supporter of the East India Trading company. It is no wonder why when you view the map you see the depiction of the Indian native bowing down to the all mighty British. After analyzing the map, it really serves a limited purpose because it is small and hard to see; however, the real focus and attention goes to the grand depiction of the British standing tall over the native.
From visually looking at the map, it looks like it is made out of some high quality paper because it was not as ragged as compared to the other Japanese maps and torn British maps. Even the drawing and architecture of the continents look more accurate by todays standards compared to the Japanese maps. The Rennel’s map I believe is important because it is made out of strong lasting material. This map is part of Rennel’s collection because in all of his maps he displays the rivers and all the mountainous terrain and coastal bays for traveling purposes. Comparing this map to the other maps, I wouldn’t really describe this map as having tensions with others map physically, even though in reality it does because it is an imperial map. Visually, looking at the map I would assume it was used for traveling purposes because it had the latitutde and longitude degrees on the side of the map which told it was most likely used on ships. It was probably a map used for getting around southern Asia. If I had to place in a group I would place the map under the categories of trade or sailing because it was obvious that it was there to facilitate those needs. All of Rennels maps are like this to support the British East India trading company.
Certain keywords I would choose to display this made is nautical, trade, imperialism, and power.
I chose the word nautical and trade because obviously it was used for those purposes. However, I used the words power and imperialism to talk about the picture at the center of the map. These maps are very important because these were used by the East India Trading company to go find supplies of value which can be anything from wheat to gold. These maps were more valuable than just directions; these maps had trade routes that are used as a tool of power were kept very secret. Secret maps like this were put on ships and were reserved for the captain. These maps indefinitely caused a monopoly on trade. For example, the signs of imperialism just resonate from the middle picture of the map from the Roman influence. Renell uses the similarities to Romans as propaganda to say how well their empire will do like the Romans. Here even you see the Indian native giving the British colonizer a paper or map like he is a superior figure or demi-god. Rennel emphasizes that the British will establish India as the site of glorious conquest and territorial agreement.
It is interesting when we were talking in class, we were talking about how political influences affect the process of making maps; however, Renall’s maps actually affected the politics into making the semi-states of southern India into a nation. Thus, seeing the result of this I would have to configure my keywords and add in the both politics and influence.
hindoostan pic
NOT ACTUAL MAP, COULDN'T FIND MY MAP IN THE DATABASE. VERY SIMILAR LOOKALIKE THOUGH
Rennell’s maps of India led to the consolidation of India. His maps were also used heavily as a tool to use to conquer the country by plotting where all of the countries stockpiles of village, forests, rice fields, and other valuable goods because he was a huge supporter of the East India Trading company. It is no wonder why when you view the map you see the depiction of the Indian native bowing down to the all mighty British. After analyzing the map, it really serves a limited purpose because it is small and hard to see; however, the real focus and attention goes to the grand depiction of the British standing tall over the native.
From visually looking at the map, it looks like it is made out of some high quality paper because it was not as ragged as compared to the other Japanese maps and torn British maps. Even the drawing and architecture of the continents look more accurate by todays standards compared to the Japanese maps. The Rennel’s map I believe is important because it is made out of strong lasting material. This map is part of Rennel’s collection because in all of his maps he displays the rivers and all the mountainous terrain and coastal bays for traveling purposes. Comparing this map to the other maps, I wouldn’t really describe this map as having tensions with others map physically, even though in reality it does because it is an imperial map. Visually, looking at the map I would assume it was used for traveling purposes because it had the latitutde and longitude degrees on the side of the map which told it was most likely used on ships. It was probably a map used for getting around southern Asia. If I had to place in a group I would place the map under the categories of trade or sailing because it was obvious that it was there to facilitate those needs. All of Rennels maps are like this to support the British East India trading company.
Certain keywords I would choose to display this made is nautical, trade, imperialism, and power.
I chose the word nautical and trade because obviously it was used for those purposes. However, I used the words power and imperialism to talk about the picture at the center of the map. These maps are very important because these were used by the East India Trading company to go find supplies of value which can be anything from wheat to gold. These maps were more valuable than just directions; these maps had trade routes that are used as a tool of power were kept very secret. Secret maps like this were put on ships and were reserved for the captain. These maps indefinitely caused a monopoly on trade. For example, the signs of imperialism just resonate from the middle picture of the map from the Roman influence. Renell uses the similarities to Romans as propaganda to say how well their empire will do like the Romans. Here even you see the Indian native giving the British colonizer a paper or map like he is a superior figure or demi-god. Rennel emphasizes that the British will establish India as the site of glorious conquest and territorial agreement.
It is interesting when we were talking in class, we were talking about how political influences affect the process of making maps; however, Renall’s maps actually affected the politics into making the semi-states of southern India into a nation. Thus, seeing the result of this I would have to configure my keywords and add in the both politics and influence.