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Degrees of latitude : mapping colonial America / by Margaret Beck Pritchard and Henry G. Taliaferro.
Author
Pritchard, Margaret Beck
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Language
English
Published/Created
Williamsburg, Va. : Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, in association with H.N. Abrams, 2002.
Description
xi, 434 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm.
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GA405 .P75 2002q Oversize
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Subject(s)
Cartography
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United States
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History
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17th century
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Cartography
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Europe
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History
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17th century
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United States
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Maps
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Early works to 1800
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Taliaferro, Henry G. (Henry Garland), 1945-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Maps
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Series
Williamsburg decorative arts series
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Summary note
Celebrated for their rarity, historical importance, and beauty, the maps of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries in the collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation provide an invaluable resource for the history of settlement in America. In the colonies, maps were essential in facilitating trade and travel, substantiating land claims, and settling boundary disputes. Today, knowing exactly what maps were owned and used during the period gives us a much richer understanding of the aspirations of early Americans. This large, handsome volume-a carefully researched cultural investigation-examines how maps were made and marketed, why people here and abroad purchased them, what they reveal about the emerging American nation, and why they were so significant to the individuals who owned them. Among the rare or unique examples included here are several maps that have never before been published. A must for map collectors and historians, this book will also be treasured by the millions who travel each year to Colonial Williamsburg to celebrate their American heritage. -- Amazon.com.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-419) and index.
Contents
Claiming the land / Margaret Beck Pritchard
"Useful & elegant furniture for screens, halls, large rooms, stair cases": maps as symbolic objects / Margaret Beck Pritchard
A selection of maps from the Colonial Williamsburg collection / Margaret Beck Pritchard
The atlas of John Custis, 1698 / Henry G. Taliaferro
Philip Lea and the seventeenth-century map trade / Henry G. Taliaferro.
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ISBN
0879352140 ((CWF ; : alk. paper))
9780879352141 ((CWF ; : alk. paper))
0810935392 ((H.N. Abrams ; : alk. paper))
9780810935396 ((H.N. Abrams ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2002008177
OCLC
49942311
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