The first mapping of America : the general survey of British North America / Alexander Johnson.
2017
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Title
The first mapping of America : the general survey of British North America / Alexander Johnson.
ISBN
9781780764429 (hardcover)
1780764421 (hardcover)
1780764421 (hardcover)
Published
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017.
Language
English
Description
xx, 331 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 26 cm.
Call Number
GA401 .J64 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
526.097309033
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-321) and index.
Series
Tauris historical geography series ; 10.
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Table of Contents
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 Survey under the administration of the Earl of Dartmouth
Part VI. The General Survey and the militarisation of civilian cartography
Part VII. Conclusion and legacy.
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 Survey under the administration of the Earl of Dartmouth
Part VI. The General Survey and the militarisation of civilian cartography
Part VII. Conclusion and legacy.