Author: United States Geographic Board
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Sixth Report of the United States Geographic Board, 1890 to 1932
Author: United States Geographic Board
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Sixth Report of the United States Geographic Board, 1890 to 1932
Author: United States Geographic Board
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Sixth Report of the United States Geographic Board
Author: United States Geographic Board
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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Report of the United States Geographic Board
Author: United States Geographic Board
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Publisher:
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Report of the United States Geographic Board
Author: United States Geographic Board
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 856
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 856
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Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names
Author: United States Board on Geographical Names
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Decisions Rendered - United States, Department of the Interior, Board on Geographical Names
Author: United States Board on Geographical Names
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
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Publisher:
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
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Sixth Report of the United States Geographic Board, 1890 to 1932
Author: United States Geographic Board
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Publisher:
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Decision List
Author: United States Board on Geographical Names
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Mapping Nature across the Americas
Author: Kathleen A. Brosnan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022669657X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Maps are inherently unnatural. Projecting three-dimensional realities onto two-dimensional surfaces, they are abstractions that capture someone’s idea of what matters within a particular place; they require selections and omissions. These very characteristics, however, give maps their importance for understanding how humans have interacted with the natural world, and give historical maps, especially, the power to provide rich insights into the relationship between humans and nature over time. That is just what is achieved in Mapping Nature across the Americas. Illustrated throughout, the essays in this book argue for greater analysis of historical maps in the field of environmental history, and for greater attention within the field of the history of cartography to the cultural constructions of nature contained within maps. This volume thus provides the first in-depth and interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between maps and environmental knowledge in the Americas—including, for example, stories of indigenous cartography in Mexico, the allegorical presence of palm trees in maps of Argentina, the systemic mapping of US forests, and the scientific platting of Canada’s remote lands.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022669657X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Maps are inherently unnatural. Projecting three-dimensional realities onto two-dimensional surfaces, they are abstractions that capture someone’s idea of what matters within a particular place; they require selections and omissions. These very characteristics, however, give maps their importance for understanding how humans have interacted with the natural world, and give historical maps, especially, the power to provide rich insights into the relationship between humans and nature over time. That is just what is achieved in Mapping Nature across the Americas. Illustrated throughout, the essays in this book argue for greater analysis of historical maps in the field of environmental history, and for greater attention within the field of the history of cartography to the cultural constructions of nature contained within maps. This volume thus provides the first in-depth and interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between maps and environmental knowledge in the Americas—including, for example, stories of indigenous cartography in Mexico, the allegorical presence of palm trees in maps of Argentina, the systemic mapping of US forests, and the scientific platting of Canada’s remote lands.