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London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017

1 online resource (xx, 331 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

ISBN 9781786733214 (e-book)

ISBN 9781780764429

Tauris Historical Geography Series ; 10

Print version: Johnson, Alexander, 1977- First mapping of America : the general survey of British North America. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, c2017 xx, 331 pages Tauris historical geography series ; 10. ISBN 9781780764429

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-321) and index

Part I. On the tide of the Enlightenment -- Part II. The antecedents and genesis of the General Survey -- Part III. Mapping ’infant colonies’ : the commencement of the General Survey -- Part IV. ’Closing the net’ : the General Survey during the administration of the Earl of Hillsborough -- Part V. ’A new spring to our future endeavors’ : the General Survery under the administration of the Earl of Dartmouth -- Part VI. The General Survey and the militarisation of civilian cartography -- Part VII. Conclusion and legacy.

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