From sea charts to satellite images : interpreting North American history through maps / edited by David Buisseret.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buisseret, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

United States--Historical geography--Maps.

United States.

Historical geography.

North America.

North America--History--Maps.

Cartography--History.

Cartography.

Cartografía--Historia.

América del Norte--Historia--Mapas.

Local Subjects:

Cartografía--Historia.

América del Norte--Historia--Mapas.

Genre:

Maps.

Physical Description:

xvi, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.

Summary:

"The authors write authoritatively and crisply . . . . How to use maps in teaching is spelled out carefully, but the authors also manage to sketch in the background of American mapping so the book is both a manual and a history. Commentaries are sprinkled with stimulating new ideas, for instance on how to use bird's-eye views and country atlases in the classroom, and there are didactic discussions on maps showing the walking city and the impact of the street car. "An extraordinarily wide range of maps is depicted, which makes for good browsing, pondering and close study. . . . This is a very good, highly attractive, and worthwhile book; it will have great impact on the use of old (and new!) maps in teaching. As well, this is a tantalizing survey of mapping the United States and will whet the appetites of students and encourage them to learn more about maps and their origins."--John Warketin, "Cartographica

Contents:

The European antecedents of new world maps / David Buisseret

Maps of the age of European exploration / David B. Quinn

Eighteenth-century large-scale maps / Louis DeVorsey

Maps of the township and range system / Ronald E. Grim

Nineteenth-century landscape views / David Buisseret

Bird's-eye views of towns and cities ; City maps and plans / Gerald Danzer

North American county maps and atlases / Michael P. Conzen

Two examples of thematic maps : civil war and fire insurance maps / Robert Karrow and Ronald E. Grim

Topographic surveys of the United States / Robert Karrow

Twentieth-century highway maps / Thomas Schlereth

Aerial imagery / David Buisseret and Christopher Baruth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0226079910

0226079929

OCLC:

20670347