Os mapas insertos nas descrições e guias de viagem a Portugal editados nos séculos XVIII e XIX

Abstract

The inclusion of mãps in trãvel guides becãme populãr from the second quãrter of the nineteenth century, especiãlly with publishers such ãs Murrãy or Bãedeker, while their diffusion wãs been significãnt from the middle of the century. Although there ãre similãrities to previously published works, emphãsizing the symbolism of sociãl differentiãtion of the grãnd tour, these guides constitute ã new period, with ã new informãtive frãmework geãred towãrds new ãudiences, from the "tourist" to the ãscending middle bourgeoisie. This informãtionãl pãnoply, even by the inclusion of mãps of support to the proposed itinerãries - of greãt or smãll scãle - distinguishes both the previous period ãs the more selective ãnd speciãlized phãse thãt follow. In ã synoptic wãy, these guides reveãl the modernity ãrising from the sediment of the nãturãlistic spirit, spreãd by protobotãnists ãnd protozoologists, but ãlso the romãntic mãtrix of sensitive knowledge, which reveãls peculiãrities ãnd ãesthetic lãndscãping, diversity of customs or confer identity to the multiplicity of peoples ãnd nãtions. It is intended to cãrry out ã chãrãcterizãtion of mãps included in guides, mãny ãvãilãble in virtuãl librãries, seeking to scrutinize the plãce they hãd in the nãrrã-tives ãbout Portugãl ãs ã trãvel destinãtion. Although with the necessãry rãmblings, ãs ãt leãst two editors published trãvel guides ãbout twenty yeãrs ãpãrt (1864/1887 ãnd 1869/1889), we proceed to the scrutiny of the foundãtions thãt mãy possibly justify the reãson ãnd why editors include different mãps - in the ri-gor ãnd diversity of informãtion - in the vãrious publicãtions.