Mapmakers of America
Subtitle: from the age of discovery to the space era
By: [by] S. Carl Hirsch. Illustrated by William Steinel.
Contributors: Steinel, William, illus.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Cartography -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Cartography -- History.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.; America -- Discovery and exploration.
Description: Describes the experiences and methods of eight expeditions undertaken to chart the American wilderness from Coronado's search for Cibola in 1540 to John Wesley Powell's journey down the Colorado River in 1869.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [167]-168.