Cartographic Sources in the Rosenberg Library - Couverture rigide

Taliaferro

 
9780890961612: Cartographic Sources in the Rosenberg Library
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0890961611 ISBN 13 : 9780890961612
Editeur : Texas A & M University Press, 2006

Synopsis

The Texas coast remained for a long time one of the least-known stretches of the American Atlantic littoral, and Galveston Bay, the coast's most prominent feature, was not even shown by commercial mapmakers until 1799. The extensive cartographic collection of the Rosenberg Library in Galveston documents the development of cartography for this region. The Rosenberg holds maps that show Galveston Bay from 1725 on, as well as the rest of Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and adjacent coasts. Its maps illustrate European exploration of the New World during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the development of Texas during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This detailed guide to the important cartographic collection at the Rosenberg is selective, with entries describing and relating the history of more than 550 of the most significant and useful maps in the library's holdings. Included are many original maps as well as photostats of rare or otherwise inaccessible maps. The descriptions focus on developments in Galveston and along the Texas coast but include other relevant topics as well. A generous scholarly introduction by Henry G. Taliaferro III traces the early cartography of the Texas coast, evaluating the importance of various documents and placing them in historical perspective.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l?auteur

Jane A. Kenamore, archivist at the Art Institute of Chicago, is also editor of Manuscript Sources in the Rosenberg Library: A Selective Guide.Uli Haller is former assistant archivist at the Rosenberg.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Texas A & M University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0890961611
ISBN 13 
9780890961612
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
248
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible