Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 331 pages, 16 pages of plates)
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illustrations, maps (some color)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
1780764421
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9781350988682
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9781780764429
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9781786733214
Series Statement:
Tauris historical geography series 10
Content:
"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."--
Content:
Part I. On the tide of the Enlightenment -- Part II. The antecedents and genesis of the General Survey -- Part III. Mapping 'infant colonies' : the commencement of the General Survey -- Part IV. 'Closing the net' : the General Survey during the administration of the Earl of Hillsborough -- Part V. 'A new spring to our future endeavors' : the General Survery under the administration of the Earl of Dartmouth -- Part VI. The General Survey and the militarisation of civilian cartography -- Part VII. Conclusion and legacy.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-321) and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350988682
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