The first mapping of America : the general survey of British North America

Title:

Author:

Johnson, Alexander, 1977- author.

ISBN:

9781786733214

Personal Author:

Johnson, Alexander, 1977- author.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 331 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps.

Series:

Tauris Historical Geography Series ; 10

Tauris historical geography series ; 10.

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 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.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Cartography -- North America -- History -- 18th century.

Cartography -- United States -- History -- 18th century.

Cartography -- Canada -- History -- 18th century.

Geographic Term:

North America -- Maps -- History -- 18th century.

United States -- Maps -- History -- 18th century.

Canada -- Maps -- History -- 18th century.

North America -- Historical geography.

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