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

The spectacular legacy and importance of early American cartographers.

About the author

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.Paul E. Cohen is the coauthor of Manhattan in Maps (New York: Rizzoli, 1997; Mineola, NY: Dover, 2014), which received the New York City Book Award in 1997. He is also the author of Mapping the West (New York: Rizzoli, 2002), and the co-editor of American Cities (New York: Assouline, 2005). He is a partner in Cohen & Taliaferro LLC, New York City, dealers in rare books and antique maps.

Summary

The American Revolution's progress shown in 60 spectacular contemporary maps.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Brown, Richard H Brown, Richard H. Brown, Brown Richard H., Paul E & Brown Cohen, Paul E. Cohen, Cohen Paul E.
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2015
• EAN: 9780393060324
• ISBN: 978-0-393-06032-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 300 mm x 326 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 1451 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Cartography, map-making & projections, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Cartography, map-making and projections, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)