The first mapping of America : the General Survey of British North America / Alexander Johnson
- Bib ID:
- 7500459
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Johnson, Alexander, 1977-, author
- Description:
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- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017
- ©2017
- xx, 331 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781780764429 ((hbk.))
- 1780764421 ((hbk.))
- Series:
- Tauris historical geography series ; 10.
- Full contents:
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- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-321) and index.
- Subject:
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- Cartography -- North America -- History -- 18th century
- Cartography -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Cartography -- Canada -- History -- 18th century
- North America -- Maps -- History -- 18th century
- United States -- Maps -- History -- 18th century
- Canada -- Maps -- History -- 18th century
- North America -- Historical geography
- United States
- Also Titled:
- General Survey of British North America
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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