Research Catalog

Title

Mapping the West : America's westward movement 1524-1890 / by Paul E. Cohen ; introduction by David Rumsey.

Author

Cohen, Paul E.

Publication

New York : Rizzoli, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Rumsey, David, 1944-

Description

208 p. : ill., maps (chiefly col.); 28 cm.

Summary

This collection chronicles the cartographic history of the western United States from 1524 to 1890. The book begins with a look at the European powers' (Spain, France, England) efforts to comprehend their far-flung colonies, then directs our attention toward U.S. Government and military maps made by such notables as Lewis and Clark, Robert E. Lee, and C.T. Beauregard. Also included are maps by American Indians, maps that highlight the epicenter of the California gold rush, and maps that delineate the proposed and final courses of the transcontinental railroad, to mention only a few of the areas discussed. Many maps are here shown for the first time, most for the first time in color. Filled with fascinating historical anecdote and detailed scholarship, this is a work for map lovers and history buffs alike.--From publisher description.

Subject

• Geschichte 1524-1890
• Cartography > West (U.S.) > History
• West (U.S.) > History > Maps
• West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration > Maps

Genre/Form

• History
• Maps

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 205) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Discovering the west -- European mapping of the west -- Staking claims -- The maps of the Lewis and Clark expedition -- Landmark maps of the west -- Military and commercial mapmaking -- Routes westward -- The Mexican war and its aftermath -- Mapping the teritories -- Railroads, rivers, and states -- The end of the frontier.

ISBN

0847824926

LCCN

^^2002102945

OCLC

• 50717269
• SCSB-12035561

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library