The Mapping of America
Author | : Seymour I. Schwartz |
Publisher | : New York : H.N. Abrams |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Reference |
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Author | : Seymour I. Schwartz |
Publisher | : New York : H.N. Abrams |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Reference |
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Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 1980 |
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Author | : Alex Johnson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2017-08-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786733218 |
The First Mapping of America tells the story of the General Survey. At the heart of the story lie the remarkable maps and the men who made them - the commanding and highly professional Samuel Holland, Surveyor-General in the North, and the brilliant but mercurial William Gerard De Brahm, Surveyor-General in the South. Battling both physical and political obstacles, Holland and De Brahm sought to establish their place in the firmament of the British hierarchy. Yet the reality in which they had to operate was largely controlled from afar, by Crown administrators in London and the colonies and by wealthy speculators, whose approval or opposition could make or break the best laid plans as they sought to use the Survey for their own ends.
Author | : Jean-Pierre Isbouts |
Publisher | : Apollo Publishers |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2021-06-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1948062771 |
The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-colored maps and engravings of the period. Before photography and television, it was printed and hand-colored maps that brought home the thrill of undiscovered lands and the possibilities of exploration, while guiding armies on all sides through the Indian Wars and the clashes of the American Revolution. Only by looking through the prism of these maps, can we truly understand how and why America developed the way it did. Mapping America illuminates with scene-setting text and more than 150 color images—from the exotic and fanciful maps of Renaissance explorers to the magnificent maps of the Golden Age and the thrilling battle-maps and charts of the American Revolutionary War, in addition to paintings from the masters of eighteenth century art, scores of photographs, and detailed diagrams. In total, this informative and lushly illustrated volume developed by rare maps collector Neal Asbury, host of “Neal Asbury’s Made in America,” and National Geographic historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts offers a new and immersive look at the ambition, the struggle, and the glory that attended and defined the exploration and making of America.
Author | : Ronald Vere Tooley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 1980-01-01 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : 9780900470929 |
Author | : Frank Jacobs |
Publisher | : Black Dog Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781907317088 |
This atlas traces the formation and development of the U.S. over 500 years, from the time of the early European colonies through to the densely developed and influential country it is today. It also discusses the events leading to the discovery of North America. It looks at American cartography as well.
Author | : Ronald V. Tooley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1980-01-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780875567068 |
Author | : Susan Schulten |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2018-09-21 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 022645875X |
Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form. They capture what people knew, what they thought they knew, what they hoped for, and what they feared. As such they offer unrivaled windows onto the past. In this book Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries of American history, from the voyages of European discovery to the digital age. With stunning visual clarity, A History of America in 100 Maps showcases the power of cartography to illuminate and complicate our understanding of the past. Gathered primarily from the British Library’s incomparable archives and compiled into nine chronological chapters, these one hundred full-color maps range from the iconic to the unfamiliar. Each is discussed in terms of its specific features as well as its larger historical significance in a way that conveys a fresh perspective on the past. Some of these maps were made by established cartographers, while others were made by unknown individuals such as Cherokee tribal leaders, soldiers on the front, and the first generation of girls to be formally educated. Some were tools of statecraft and diplomacy, and others were instruments of social reform or even advertising and entertainment. But when considered together, they demonstrate the many ways that maps both reflect and influence historical change. Audacious in scope and charming in execution, this collection of one hundred full-color maps offers an imaginative and visually engaging tour of American history that will show readers a new way of navigating their own worlds.
Author | : Susan Schulten |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2012-07-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226740684 |
All of these experiments involved the realization that maps were not just illustrations of data, but visual tools that were uniquely equipped to convey complex ideas and information. In Mapping the Nation, Susan Schulten charts how maps of epidemic disease, slavery, census statistics, the environment, and the past demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography, and in the process transformed the very meaning of a map.
Author | : Library of Congress. Map Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1160 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : America |
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