Author: Edward Bennett Mathews
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
A Biography of a Map in Motion
Author: Christian J. Koot
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479837296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Reveals the little known history of one of history’s most famous maps – and its maker Tucked away in a near-forgotten collection, Virginia and Maryland as it is Planted and Inhabited is one of the most extraordinary maps of colonial British America. Created by a colonial merchant, planter, and diplomat named Augustine Herrman, the map pictures the Mid-Atlantic in breathtaking detail, capturing its waterways, coastlines, and communities. Herrman spent three decades travelling between Dutch New Amsterdam and the English Chesapeake before eventually settling in Maryland and making this map. Although the map has been reproduced widely, the history of how it became one of the most famous images of the Chesapeake has never been told. A Biography of a Map in Motion uncovers the intertwined stories of the map and its maker, offering new insights into the creation of empire in North America. The book follows the map from the waterways of the Chesapeake to the workshops of London, where it was turned into a print and sold. Transported into coffee houses, private rooms, and government offices, Virginia and Maryland became an apparatus of empire that allowed English elites to imaginatively possess and accurately manage their Atlantic colonies. Investigating this map offers the rare opportunity to recapture the complementary and occasionally conflicting forces that created the British Empire. From the colonial and the metropolitan to the economic and the political to the local and the Atlantic, this is a fascinating exploration of the many meanings of a map, and how what some saw as establishing a sense of local place could translate to forging an empire.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479837296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Reveals the little known history of one of history’s most famous maps – and its maker Tucked away in a near-forgotten collection, Virginia and Maryland as it is Planted and Inhabited is one of the most extraordinary maps of colonial British America. Created by a colonial merchant, planter, and diplomat named Augustine Herrman, the map pictures the Mid-Atlantic in breathtaking detail, capturing its waterways, coastlines, and communities. Herrman spent three decades travelling between Dutch New Amsterdam and the English Chesapeake before eventually settling in Maryland and making this map. Although the map has been reproduced widely, the history of how it became one of the most famous images of the Chesapeake has never been told. A Biography of a Map in Motion uncovers the intertwined stories of the map and its maker, offering new insights into the creation of empire in North America. The book follows the map from the waterways of the Chesapeake to the workshops of London, where it was turned into a print and sold. Transported into coffee houses, private rooms, and government offices, Virginia and Maryland became an apparatus of empire that allowed English elites to imaginatively possess and accurately manage their Atlantic colonies. Investigating this map offers the rare opportunity to recapture the complementary and occasionally conflicting forces that created the British Empire. From the colonial and the metropolitan to the economic and the political to the local and the Atlantic, this is a fascinating exploration of the many meanings of a map, and how what some saw as establishing a sense of local place could translate to forging an empire.
The Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608-1908
Author: Edward C. Papenfuse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801872358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
"A work of scholarly importance and a great pleasure to peruse." -- Washington Post
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801872358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
"A work of scholarly importance and a great pleasure to peruse." -- Washington Post
A List of Works Relating to Cartography
Author: Library of Congress. Map Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress. Map Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
ADC Montgomery County, Maryland Street Atlas
Author: Adc Maps
Publisher: ADC The Map People
ISBN: 9780875304946
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher: ADC The Map People
ISBN: 9780875304946
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress. Division of Maps and Charts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
Book Description
Highway Legislation in Maryland and Its Influence on the Economic Development of the State
Author: St. George Leakin Sioussat
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highway law
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highway law
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Professional Paper
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1914
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
An Index of the Source Records of Maryland
Author: Eleanor Phillips Passano
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806302713
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The major part of this work is an alphabetically arranged and cross-indexed list of some 20,000 Maryland families with references to the sources and locations of the records in which they appear. In addition, there is a research record guide arranged by county and type of record, and it identifies all genealogical manuscripts, books, and articles known to exist up to 1940, when this book was first published. Included are church and county courthouse records, deeds, marriages, rent rolls, wills, land records, tombstone inscriptions, censuses, directories, and other data sources.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806302713
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The major part of this work is an alphabetically arranged and cross-indexed list of some 20,000 Maryland families with references to the sources and locations of the records in which they appear. In addition, there is a research record guide arranged by county and type of record, and it identifies all genealogical manuscripts, books, and articles known to exist up to 1940, when this book was first published. Included are church and county courthouse records, deeds, marriages, rent rolls, wills, land records, tombstone inscriptions, censuses, directories, and other data sources.