The New Map of Empire : How Britain Imagined America before Independence / S. Max Edelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edelson, S. Max, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cartography--America--History--18th century.

Cartography.

Surveying--America--History--18th century.

Surveying.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--Administration.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 464 pages) : maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain's imperial ambitions before the Revolution.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps

A Note on the Maps

Introduction

1. A Vision for American Empire

2. Commanding Space after the Seven Years' War

3. Securing the Maritime Northeast

4. Marking the Indian Boundary

5. Charting Contested Caribbean Space

6. Defining East Florida

7. Atlases of Empire

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Map Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780674978997

0674978994

9780674979017

067497901X

OCLC:

1004874236