During the late eighteenth century, Portugal and Spain sent joint mapping expeditions to draw a nearly 10,000-mile Border between Brazil and Spanish South America.
Moving beyond common frameworks that assess mapped bord.
Where Caciques and Mapmakers Met considers what these efforts meant to Indigenous peoples whose lands the Border crossed.
These boundary commissions were the largest ever sent to the Americas and coincided with broader imperial reforms enacted throughout the hemisphere.
During the late eighteenth century, Portugal and Spain sent joint mapping expeditions to draw a nearly 10,000-mile Border between Brazil and Spanish South America