Resumo:

A central point of the study of the urban morphology of a region is the understanding of how its occupation and its development took place. These studies usually make use of graphic records such as maps, plans and cadastral bases; however, it is not always possible to gather this type of material, especially in the case of old cities, poorly documented or without known mappings. Therefore, this present work seeks to identify the possibilities of using non-graphic records and official documents, from the development and presentation of the methodology used to systematize the data from “Cartas de Datas de Terra” of the city of Campinas, between 1815 and 1859. This present article encompasses part of the partial results of the master’s project, currently under development, that seeks to generalize, from the case studied, a methodology that allows the use of non-graphic documents for the production of cartographies that overcomes the absence of contemporary graphic material for the initial development of the cities. The results hitherto obtained indicate the viability of systematizing and of analyzing the documents in order to locate the data contained in the records in a temporal and in a spatial manner.