Mapping America : the incredible story and stunning hand-colored maps and engravings that created the United States

Mapping America the incredible story and stunning hand-colored maps and engravings that created the United States

"The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-colored maps and engravings of the period. Before photography and television, it was printed and hand-colored maps that brought home the thrill of undiscovered lands and the possibilities of explo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Asbury, Neal, autor (autor), Isbouts, Jean-Pierre, autor
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [New York, New York] : Apollo Publishers [2021]
Materias:
Cartografía > Estados Unidos > Historia.
Estados Unidos > Mapas
Estados Unidos > Descripción
Estados Unidos > Historia > Atlas
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • The dawn of the Renaissance
  • The discovery of the Americas
  • The first European settlements
  • The golden age of cartography
  • The eighteenth-century colonization of America
  • Daily life in the English colonies
  • Mapping the prelude to war
  • The outbreak of rebellion
  • The battle for independence
  • The road to victory
  • Epilogue

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