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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Koot, Christian J.
Titre(s) : A biography of a map in motion [Texte imprimé] : Augustine Herrman's Chesapeake / Christian J. Koot
Publication : New York : New York university press, copyright cop. 2018
Description matérielle : xiii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color)
; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Reveals the little known history of one of history's most famous maps - and its maker
Tucked away in a near-forgotten collection, Virginia and Maryland as it is Planted
and Inhabited is one of the most extraordinary maps of colonial British America. Created
by a colonial merchant, planter, and diplomat named Augustine Herrman, the map pictures
the Mid-Atlantic in breathtaking detail, capturing its waterways, coastlines, and
communities. Herrman spent three decades travelling between Dutch New Amsterdam and
the English Chesapeake before eventually settling in Maryland and making this map.
Although the map has been reproduced widely, the history of how it became one of the
most famous images of the Chesapeake has never been told. A Biography of a Map in
Motion uncovers the intertwined stories of the map and its maker, offering new insights
into the creation of empire in North America. The book follows the map from the waterways
of the Chesapeake to the workshops of London, where it was turned into a print and
sold. Transported into coffee houses, private rooms, and government offices, Virginia
and Maryland became an apparatus of empire that allowed English elites to imaginatively
possess and accurately manage their Atlantic colonies. Investigating this map offers
the rare opportunity to recapture the complementary and occasionally conflicting forces
that created the British Empire
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Augustine Herrman's Chesapeake
Sujet(s) : Herman, Augustine (1621-1686)
Chesapeake, Baie de (États-Unis)
Maryland (États-Unis)
Genre ou forme : Cartes anciennes
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781479837298. - ISBN 1479837296
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb454804954
Notice n° :
FRBNF45480495
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