Mapping America - The Incredible Story and Stunning Hand-Colored Maps and Engravings that Created the United States

"The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-colored maps and engravings of the period. Before photography and television, it was printed and hand-colored maps that brought home the thrill of undiscovered lands and the possibilities of exploration, while guiding armies on all sides through the Indian Wars and the clashes of the American Revolution. Only by looking through the prism of these maps, can we truly understand how and why America developed the way it did. Mapping America illuminates with scene-setting text and more than 150 color images--from the exotic and fanciful maps of Renaissance explorers to the magnificent maps of the Golden Age and the thrilling battle-maps and charts of the American Revolutionary War, in addition to paintings from the masters of eighteenth century art, scores of photographs, and detailed diagrams. In total, this informative and lushly illustrated volume developed by rare maps collector Neal Asbury, host of "Neal Asbury's Made in America," and National Geographic historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts offers a new and immersive look at the ambition, the struggle, and the glory that attended and defined the exploration and making of America."--Jacket flap.

Sommario

Prologue

1. The Dawn of the Renaissance

2. The Discovery of the Americas

3. The First European Settlements

4. The Golden Age of Cartography

5. The Eighteenth-Century Colonization of America

6. Daily Life in the English Colonies

7. Mapping the Prelude to War

8. The Outbreak of Rebellion

9. The Battle for Independence

10. The Road to Victory

Epilogue
Further Reading
Notes

Info autore

Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts is a historian, doctoral professor at Fielding Graduate University, and the author of ten books, including The Biblical World, In the Footsteps of Jesus, and The Story of Christianity, which have together sold nearly two million copies, and The Da Vinci Legacy and The Dalí Legacy. Dr. Isbouts has been on numerous radio and TV shows and is the host of the TV series In Search of Masterpieces. He has directed several programs for Disney, ABC, Hallmark, and the History Channel, working with actors such as Leonard Nimoy, Charlton Heston, Dick Van Dyke, and Morgan Freeman, and produced recordings with orchestras around the world. Dr. Isbouts lives in Santa Monica, California.

Riassunto

Neal Asbury's Made in America , and National Geographic historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts offers a new and immersive look at the ambition, the struggle, and the glory that attended and defined the exploration and making of America.

Prefazione

Traditional and digital media: Print and online features and reviews with serial options. Targets to focus on media such as the Wall Street Journal, Washingtonian, New York Times Book Review, History News Network, and Smithsonian magazine.
Trade media outreach: Pitch for coverage by Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, ALA Booklist, and Shelf Awareness.
Heavy promotion on author’s nationally syndicated radio talk show, “Neal Asbury’s Made in America.”
Book to TV production: Authors are developing a TV series based on the book with Pantheon Studios, which has previously led to the airing of multiple TV special involving Isbouts.
TV, radio, and podcast promotion: Asbury has strong media connections and regularly appears on CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC, and BBC, and will use TV appearances to promote the book. Authors have also hired an outside agency with the specific goal of gaining additional TV, radio, and podcast. TV will be given the option to tour Asbury’s home and film his multimillion-dollar map collection.
In-person and livestream events and book tour: Authors annually give more than 30 talks around the world and will embark on a book tour following publication, which will include a wealth of US academic institutions. One author based in Florida and one based in California will allow promotion in two hometowns.
Social media promotion: Authors have more than 12,000 Facebook followers and will promote the book toward this existing audience.
MasterClass and TedTalks pitches: Isbouts has recently been signed by the hugely popular online education company MasterClass, whose classes are promoted to their 3 billion Facebook followers, 686,000 YouTube subscribers, and 60k Twitter followers, to give a series of MasterClasses based on one of his prior books. The author’s existing relationship with MasterClass will allow easy access to pitch a tie-in MasterClass to Mapping America. The authors will also be pitched for TedTalks and their experience successfully giving speaking events should support event bookings.

Testo aggiuntivo

“Antiquarian maps from the 1400s onward reveal historical Western notions of geography and image reproduction, central in the founding of this country.”  —New York Times
"The continents reveal themselves slowly in wild and vividly flamboyant illustrations that resonate like the creation of literary fantasy." —The Bowery Boys
“A fresh, well-informed addition to the literature devoted to early American history.” —Kirkus Reviews

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Neal Asbury, Jean-Pierre Isbouts
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 06.07.2021
• EAN: 9781948062763
• ISBN: 978-1-948062-76-3
• Pagine: 288
• Illustrazioni: 166 color images of maps, engravings, paintings, and photos
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Art, Cartography, map-making & projections, History of the Americas, Historical maps & atlases, REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps