SCHWARTZ, Seymour I.; EHRENBERG, Ralph E.

The Mapping of America

New York City: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1980. Quarto. (10 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches). First edition, 363 pp. 354 illustrations, including 223 maps, 84 of which are in full color.

Publisher's cloth, gilt dust jacket. A fine copy.

The development of cartography and the geography, territorial expansion, and demographic, political, scientific, and industrial growth of North America are recorded in maps from the sixteenth century to the present.

This is a book about American cartography. Drawing on a broad spectrum of synthesized scholarly studies, the book is written for the general reader and has two primary self-proclaimed purposes: one is to present a detailed and analytical history of the mapping of North America (particularly the modern U.S.), and the other is to demonstrate that maps can be more than visual records of boundaries, that they can in fact be works of art. The work identifies and explains the evolution of cartography from artistry to science, and is therefore useful for those in the field and fascinatingly enlightening for those simply interested in art, history, or Americana.

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Price: $40.00