The first mapping of America : the general survey of British North America / / Alexander Johnson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822347503321
• Autore: Johnson Alexander <1977->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2019; [London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019
• ISBN: 1-350-98868-5; 1-78672-321-2; 1-78673-321-8
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 331 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: Tauris historical geography series ; ; 10
• Disciplina: 526.097309033
• Soggetti: Cartography - Canada - History - 18th century; Cartography - North America - History - 18th century; Cartography - United States - History - 18th century; Canada Maps History 18th century; North America Historical geography; North America Maps History 18th century; United States Maps History 18th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-321) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. On the tide of the Enlightenment -- Part II. The antecedents and genesis of the General Survey -- Part III. Mapping 'infant colonies' : the commencement of the General Survey -- Part IV. 'Closing the net' : the General Survey during the administration of the Earl of Hillsborough -- Part V. 'A new spring to our future endeavors' : the General Survery under the administration of the Earl of Dartmouth -- Part VI. The General Survey and the militarisation of civilian cartography -- Part VII. Conclusion and legacy.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The First Mapping of America tells the story of the General Survey. At the heart of the story lie the remarkable maps and the men who made them - the commanding and highly professional Samuel Holland, Surveyor-General in the North, and the brilliant but mercurial William Gerard De Brahm, Surveyor-General in the South. Battling both physical ; and political obstacles, Holland and De Brahm sought to establish their place in the firmament of the British hierarchy. Yet the reality in which they had to operate was largely controlled from afar, by Crown administrators in London and the colonies and by wealthy speculators, whose approval or opposition could make or break the best laid plans as they sought to use the Survey for their own ends."--