Mapping and imagination in the great basin: a cartographic history
Auteur :
University of Nevada Press
Éditeur :
University of Nevada Press
ISBN :
9780874176179
Date de publication :
7 mars 2005
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,9 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
333 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.