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From sea charts to satellite images : interpreting North American history through maps / edited by David Buisseret.

Other author/creatorBuisseret, David.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Descriptionxvi, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Contents The European antecedents of new world maps / David Buisseret -- Maps of the age of European exploration / David B. Quinn -- Eighteenth-century large-scale maps / Louis DeVorsey -- Maps of the township and range system / Ronald E. Grim -- Nineteenth-century landscape views / DavidBuisseret -- Bird's-eye views of towns and cities ; City maps and plans / Gerald Danzer -- North American county maps and atlases / Michael P. Conzen -- Two examples of thematic maps : civil war and fire insurance maps / Robert Karrow and Ronald E. Grim -- Topographic surveys of the United States / Robert Karrow -- Twentieth-century highway maps / Thomas Schlereth -- Aerial imagery / David Buisseret and Christopher Baruth.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 89020521
ISBN0226079910 (alk. paper)
ISBN0226079929 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E179.F84 1990 ✔ Available Place Hold