Mosaico originário da Geografia cearense: da expedição das borboletas aos cadernos de Geografia

Abstract

What we understand as Geography is the result of a historical and social process of formation and production of spatial knowledge. This knowledge spans throughout human history, but it's only in modernity that it's systematized to serve, especially, the interests of the State, including making its citizens knowledgeable about their land, their nation. The history of the formation of such knowledge is a contribution from various individuals and institutions who, in the exercise of their professions and roles in society, discussed and produced topics related to what we currently consider as geographical. In this sense, researching the trajectory of geographical science over time is also dedicating oneself to analyzing those responsible for the construction and legitimization of this embryonic phase. Therefore, in this present work, we seek to identify the geography present in literature, in intellectuals, in institutions and scientific and educational societies that played an important role in the development of science during the 19th and 20th centuries, so that we can trace a geographic mosaic of Ceará made in Ceará, thus contributing to the construction of a history of Cearense geographical thought.