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Mapping America : the incredible story and stunning hand-colored maps and engravings that created the United States, Neal Asbury and Jean-Pierre Isbouts

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"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 exploration, while guiding armies on all sides through the Indian Wars and the clashes of the American Revolution. Only by looking through the prism of these maps, can we truly understand how and why America developed the way it did. Mapping America illuminates with scene-setting text and more than 150 color images--from the exotic and fanciful maps of Renaissance explorers to the magnificent maps of the Golden Age and the thrilling battle-maps and charts of the American Revolutionary War, in addition to paintings from the masters of eighteenth century art, scores of photographs, and detailed diagrams. In total, this informative and lushly illustrated volume developed by rare maps collector Neal Asbury, host of "Neal Asbury's Made in America," and National Geographic historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts offers a new and immersive look at the ambition, the struggle, and the glory that attended and defined the exploration and making of America."--Jacket flap
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xv, 272 pages
Contents
  • 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
Isbn
9781948062763
Instance
Label
Mapping America : the incredible story and stunning hand-colored maps and engravings that created the United States
Title
Mapping America
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the incredible story and stunning hand-colored maps and engravings that created the United States
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Neal Asbury and Jean-Pierre Isbouts
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"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 exploration, while guiding armies on all sides through the Indian Wars and the clashes of the American Revolution. Only by looking through the prism of these maps, can we truly understand how and why America developed the way it did. Mapping America illuminates with scene-setting text and more than 150 color images--from the exotic and fanciful maps of Renaissance explorers to the magnificent maps of the Golden Age and the thrilling battle-maps and charts of the American Revolutionary War, in addition to paintings from the masters of eighteenth century art, scores of photographs, and detailed diagrams. In total, this informative and lushly illustrated volume developed by rare maps collector Neal Asbury, host of "Neal Asbury's Made in America," and National Geographic historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts offers a new and immersive look at the ambition, the struggle, and the glory that attended and defined the exploration and making of America."--Jacket flap
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10964006
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Asbury, Neal
Dewey number
912.73
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
no index present
LC call number
GA405
LC item number
.A73 2021
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Isbouts, Jean-Pierre
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True
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  • Cartography
  • United States
  • Cartography in art
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the incredible story and stunning hand-colored maps and engravings that created the United States
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Mapping America : the incredible story and stunning hand-colored maps and engravings that created the United States, Neal Asbury and Jean-Pierre Isbouts
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
on1257556099
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
xv, 272 pages
Isbn
9781948062763
Lccn
2020942966
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1257556099
Label
Mapping America : the incredible story and stunning hand-colored maps and engravings that created the United States, Neal Asbury and Jean-Pierre Isbouts
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
on1257556099
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
xv, 272 pages
Isbn
9781948062763
Lccn
2020942966
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1257556099

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