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Antique
Map Reference Books
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The
Southeast in Early Maps
First published
in 1958, The Southeast in Early Maps is William Cumming's classic
study of the mapping of the Southeast before the American Revolution.
By analyzing printed and manuscript maps of the region in light
of other contemporary primary documents, the books traces the
expansion of the geographical knowledge about the Southeast
over the course of discovery and colonization. This magnificent
edition will be a valuable reference for collectors, cartographers,
geographers, historians, archaeologists, archivists, librarians,
genealogists, and surveyors.
HARDCOVER: 12 x 10 in
362 pgs. 124 illustrations, 24 color reproductions of maps
By William P Cumming, Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged by
Louis deVorsey, Jr.
Published in 1986 by UNC Press
$120
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Early
American Cartographies
Edited by Martin Brückner
Maps were
at the heart of cultural life in the Americas from before colonization
to the formation of modern nation-states. The fourteen essays
in Early American Cartographies examine indigenous and European
peoples’ creation and use of maps to better represent
and understand the world they inhabited. Drawing from both current
historical interpretations and new interdisciplinary perspectives,
this collection provides diverse approaches to understanding
the multilayered exchanges that went into creating cartographic
knowledge in and about the Americas. This volume not only highlights
the collaborative genesis of cartographic knowledge about the
early Americas; the essays also bring to light original archives
and innovative methodologies for investigating spatial relations
among peoples in the Western Hemisphere. Taken together, the
authors reveal the roles of early American cartographies in
shaping popular notions of national space, informing visual
perception, animating literary imagination, and structuring
the political history of Anglo- and Ibero- America.
Contributors:
Martin Brückner, Michael J. Drexler, Matthew H. Edney,
Jess Edwards, Júnia Ferreira Furtado, William Gustav
Gartner, Gavin Hollis, Scott Lehman, Ken MacMillan, Barbara
E. Mundy, Andrew Newman, Ricardo Padrón, and Judith Ridner.
Hardcover:
9.5” x 6.5”, 485pp.
© 2011
$60
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