Richard H. Brown

Revolution: Mapping the Road to American Independence, 1755-1783

Buch

Taking into account the key events of the French and Indian War, this book shows the American Revolution's progress in glorious contemporary maps and accompanying essays relating them to the events of the time. The authors tell the stories of the maps and the cartographers whose talents have made these some of the most valuable artifacts in America's history.When war between Britain and her colonists erupted in 1775, maps provided the pictorial news about military matters. The best examples of those maps, including some from the collection of King George III, the Duke of Northumberland and the Marquis de Lafayette, are beautifully reproduced… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Cohen, Paul E.

ISBN: 978-0-393-06032-4
EAN: 9780393060324
Produktnummer: 20687733
Verlag: W W Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 160 S.
Masse: H32.0 cm x B29.7 cm x D2.0 cm 1'406 g
Gewicht: 1406

Über den Autor

Richard H. Brown is a collector of maps and views of the French and Indian War and American Revolution. He is vice chairman of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library and serves as a councilor of the American Antiquarian Society. He is also a member of the Madison Council of the Library of Congress and the Library Committee of the New-York Historical Society.