The Southeast in Early Maps. With an Annotated Check List of Printed and Manuscript Regional and Local Maps of Southeastern North America During the Colonial Period.
by Cumming, William P
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Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, (1962). Quarto, gray cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, ix, 284 pp. Near Fine. From Preface: This is a study of the historical cartography of the southeastern region of the North American continent before the American Revolution. It attempts to analyze the manuscript and printed maps of that area, showing the expansion of geographical knowledge through the periods of discovery and colonization, and at times relates these maps to other primary documents of the period. Through these cartographical records one can trace the origin and development of the fascinating misconceptions of the continent in the minds of the early explorers; they show vividly the expansion of the frontier and the shifting location of Indian tribes; they throw light on the complex history of the imperialistic struggles of France, Spain, and England during the period; and they delineate -- often erroneously -- shifting political divisions and boundary surveys. The very misconceptions and errors concerning the New World, graphically portrayed on these maps, are as important to the student of history in understanding the deeds and actions of our ancestors as are their correction and improvement on later maps. A cartographical study of this kind requires the setting of limitations, often arbitrary, to prevent unwieldy growth. The List of Maps attempts to make an exhaustive check of all regional maps of the Southeast and of local maps south of Virginia and north of the Florida peninsula. The inclusion of all local maps of Florida and Virginia would have more than doubled the size of the volume and greatly increased the ancillary cartographical problems; their inclusion would also have largely duplicated other map lists of those regions already made or now in progress. The List of Maps does not attempt to include world maps or maps of the North American continent (with a few notable exceptions), although the Introductory Essay does contain a survey of important sixteenth century world maps in their delineantion of the Southeast...
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- The Southeast in Early Maps. With an Annotated Check List of Printed and Manuscript Regional and Local Maps of Southeastern North America During the Colonial Period.
- Author
- Cumming, William P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press, (1962).
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- United States History, U. S. History, American History, Americana, U.S.-iana, Reference, Books about Books, Books about Maps, Geography.
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