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Produktbild: The First Mapping of America

The First Mapping of America The General Survey of British North America

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

23.01.2020

Abbildungen

41 bw illus, 16 colour illus

Verlag

Bloomsbury

Seitenzahl

368

Maße (L/B/H)

23,4/15,6/2 cm

Gewicht

559 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-7556-0378-7

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

23.01.2020

Abbildungen

41 bw illus, 16 colour illus

Verlag

Bloomsbury

Seitenzahl

368

Maße (L/B/H)

23,4/15,6/2 cm

Gewicht

559 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-7556-0378-7

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: The First Mapping of America

  • Contents

    PART I
    Chapter 1: Introduction
    Maps, Knowledge & Power in the Age of the Enlightenment

    PART II The Antecedents and Genesis of the General Survey

    Introduction

    Chapter 2: The Civilian and Military Antecedents of the General Survey
    Governance of Colonial Affairs in British North America; Signs of Progress;Lord Halifax Becomes President of the Board of Trade; Introducing William Gerard De Brahm;The Development of Military Cartography in British North America; Introducing Samuel Holland

    Chapter 3: The Genesis of the General Survey
    The Role & Status of the Board of Trade; The Grenville Ministry & the New Colonial Policy;The Important New Policy Questions of the Day; The Proclamation of 7 October 1763; Samuel Holland's Timely Proposal for the General Survey; The Plan for the Survey is Defined; Linking Surveys, Envisioned as Additions to Complete the General Survey

    Scientific Surveying as Practiced by the General Survey of British North America

    Chapter 4: The Pre-Existing Information Influencing The General Survey
    Pre-Existing Maps of the Northern District: The Maps of L'Acadie versus Nova Scotia; Depiction of the Island of St. John up to 1764; Depiction of Cape Breton Island up to 1764; Pre-existing Maps for the Southern District: Spanish Florida, 1565-1763; Spanish Conceptions of Florida during their First Colonial Period; Maps & Geographical Information acquired by the British in 1764

    PART III Mapping 'Infant Colonies': The Commencement of the General Survey

    Chapter 5: The Northern District
    Holland Arrives to Begin The Survey; Holland Assembles his Team; Holland Manages the Inherent Operational Issues; The Survey in Nova Scotia Begins; Holland's General Map & Account of the Island of St. John; Holland's Account of the Natural Attributes of the Island of St. John's; Holland's Survey Received; The Decision About St. John; The Survey of Cape Breton Island; Whitehall's 'Temporary' Settlement Freeze in Cape Breton Surveying Operations in Cape Breton Island; Holland's Reports and General Map of Cape Breton; Holland Quietly Supports Nova Scotian Activism; Whitehall Continues the Settlement Freeze; The Survey Begins in Québec; Holland's Own 'Murray Map'; Mapping the Gaspésie; Charting Lower St. Lawrence

    Surveying Newfoundland's Dependencies The Magdalen Islands; Anticosti Island; Labrador; Conclusions

    Chapter 6: The Southern District
    Introduction; Whitehall's High Hopes; James Grant Becomes East Florida's First Governor; De Brahm Sets Out; De Brahm's Reconnaissance Mapping of the Atlantic Coast, 1765-1766; De Brahm's First Mission; De Brahm's Survey of Mosquito Inlet; The Second Coastal Reconnaissance Mission, Spring of 1765; Mapping the St. John's River & the Search for a Trans-Peninsular Navigable Passage; The Gathering Storm; De Brahm Excluded

    PART IV 'Closing the Net': The General Survey during the Administration of the Earl of Hillsborough

    Introduction

    Chapter 7: The Northern District
    Charting New England
    The Coastal Surveys from Cape Ann to the Kennebec River; Whitehall's New Forestry Agenda

    Chapter 8: The Southern District
    The Trials of William Gerard De Brahm; Romans and Durnford Take Over De Brahm's Duties on the General Survey; East Florida, 1768-1771: Growing Pains; The Search for a Connection to the Gulf of Mexico; Tampa Bay: 'A Good Harbour for all Purposes'; Enter Bernard Romans; The General Survey Charts the Gulf Coast; The Northernmost Parts of East Florida's Atlantic Coast; Towards Miami; De Brahm's Atlantic Pilot: The Florida Keys & The Gulf Stream; Bernard Romans Continues the Gulf Survey; West Florida
    The Downfall of the Earl of Hillsborough

    PART V The General Survey under the Administration of the Earl of Dartmouth
    Introduction

    Lord Dartmouth becomes Secretary of State for the Colonies; Power an