Umfang:
Online-Ressource (176 p)
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Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781861897497
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9781861894366
Inhalt:
There's no excuse for getting lost these days-satellite maps on our computers can chart our journey in detail and electronics on our car dashboards instruct us which way to turn. But there was a time when the varied landscape of North America was largely
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-162) and index
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Cartographic Encounters Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Part I: Introduction; 1: Creation Myths and Cartographic Encounters; 2: Amerindian Mappings; Part II: Colonial cartographies; 3: Encounters in a Settled Land; 4: Landing in a Strange Land; Part III: Imperial cartographies; 5: Surveying the West: Lewis and Clark . . . and Others; 6: Expedition into the 'Desert'; 7: Fremont and Tah-Kai-Buhl; 8: 'Warren's Map'; 9: Closing the Frontier in the West; Part IV: Conclusions; 10: Cartographic Encounters in Australia; 11: Journey's End; Appendix: Composite Journeys; References; Bibliography
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AcknowledgementsPhotographic Acknowledgements; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781861894366
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cartographic Encounters : Indigenous Peoples and the Exploration of the New World
Sprache:
Englisch
