Words Seldom Seen: Cadastral

I ran across this word in Seeing Like a State by James C Scott. States like land to be owned by particular people and not in common because it makes it easier to tax.

The map is a postcard from Texas. It is not a cadastral map.


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1 Comment

  1. Nurit

    Even with my interest in maps, I’ve never heard of a cadastral map. Learned something new.

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