Surveyors of Empire - Samuel Holland, J.F.W. Des Barres, and the Making of the Atlantic Neptune Volume 221

British imperial power was greatly bolstered by new techniques in surveying and map-making during the eighteenth century. Well before James Cook sailed for the Pacific in 1768, British army engineers working on the coastline from Quebec to Rhode Island had set new scientific standards for cartography that would assist the British in mapping future conquests. Surveyors of Empire explores the groundbreaking work of these engineers, which formed the basis of The Atlantic Neptune, a four-volume hydrographic atlas that stands as a monument of European Enlightenment science.

About the author

Stephen J. Hornsby is director of the Canadian-American Center and professor of geography and Canadian Studies at the University of Maine.

Summary

A groundbreaking work on the British mapping of the Atlantic world.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J Hornsby, Stephen J. Hornsby
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2011
• EAN: 9780773538481
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-3848-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 253 mm x 204 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 1107 g
• Series: Carleton Library Series; Carleton Library; Carleton Library Series; Carleton Library
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography