ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines some of the practices, such as geographical inscription and cartographical revision, by which mid-Victorian expeditionary writers imposed their ideas and desires on non-western locations. It shows that such practices extend from published expeditionary narratives to other types of materials such as maps. The book describes the theoretical objective at length while deepening the monograph’s engagement with the expeditionary archive. It discusses a multilayered, multidirectional model of expeditionary discourse production that outlines how non-western forces and agencies can shape, predetermine, and even take control of expeditionary narratives. The book suggests that the development of the main theoretical model of intercultural influence by deploying a custom interdisciplinary methodology that responds to the given set of intercultural dynamics, the broader regional history of those dynamics, and the archival evidence available.
