The first mapping of America : : the general survey of British North America / / Alexander Johnson.
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| Superior document: | Tauris Historical Geography Series ; 10 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London ;, New York : : I.B. Tauris,, 2017. |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Tauris historical geography series ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 331 pages, 16 pages of plates) :; illustrations, maps. |
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Table of 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.