The first mapping of America the general survey of British North America
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Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
Sprache: | English |
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London ; New York
I.B. Tauris
2017
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Schriftenreihe: | Tauris Historical Geography Series
10 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 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