Mapping and imagination in the great basin: a cartographic history
Auteur :
Francaviglia, Richard V.
Éditeur :
Francaviglia, Richard V.
ISBN :
9780874176094
Date de publication :
7 mars 2005
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
748 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A study of how the Great Basin's gradual emergence from its ""large cartographic silence"" both paralleled the development of the sciences of surveying, geology, hydrology, and cartography, and reflected the changing geopolitical aspirations of the European colonial powers and the US.