The cartography of North America
Subtitle: mapping the New World, 1500-1800
By: Pierluigi Portinaro and Franco Knirsch
Contributors: Knirsch, Franco, author
Publisher: JG Press; World Publications Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: East Bridgewater, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781464304859
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Cartography; History; Cartographie; Histoire
Other titles: Mapping the New World, 1500-1800
Description: "Contains 180 extensively captioned maps, nearly all in full color, as well as more than 90 supplementary illustrations ... [and] biographical notes on the foremost cartographers."--Front jacket flap.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of cartography; title: The production of old maps; title: The exploration of North America; title: Index of the plates; title: North American maps : 1500-1600; title: North American maps : 1600-1700; title: North American maps : 1700-1800; title: Selected biographical notes.