Editore: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 0806120444 ISBN 13: 9780806120447
Da: Karen Wickliff - Books, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condizione: USED_VERYGOOD. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 239pp. Tan hardback, very light wear to upper spine edge, index, contributors, bibliography, chapter notes, b&w illustrations, maps, Collection of essays, Mapping the North American Plains : Essays in the History of Cartography,
Editore: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1987
Da: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Condizione: UNSPECIFIED. Maps (illustratore). small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xiii+(i), 239+(1) pages. Jacket has some wear along the top edge. Spine faded. Else a very good copy. These important essays by distinguished scholars in several disciplines illuminate the history of North America's most extensive region, the Great Plains, extending from South Texas to the prairie provinces of Canada. Introduction by Gary E. Moulton. The contributors analyze the thought behind 101 historic maps and the images that they presented to contemporaries. Essays include "Exploratory Mapping of the Great Plains Before 1800," by Ralph E. Ehrenberg; "Mapping the Missouri River Through the Great Plains, 1673-1895," by W. Raymond Wood; "A Chart in His Way: Indian Cartography and the Lewis and Clark Expedition," by James P. Ronda, and 8 others. The maps, several published here for the first time, date from the early 17th to the 20th century. Supplemented by an illustrated catalogue of the Mapping the North American Plains Exhibition, April 1993, the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. paper-covered boards, dust jacket.
Editore: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1987
ISBN 10: 0806120444 ISBN 13: 9780806120447
Da: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: UNSPECIFIED. Quarto, 239 pages. In Good plus condition with Good dust jacket. Yellow spine with black text. Dust jacket has chipping to top corners, slight tearing to head edges of front cover and tail edge of rear cover, foxing to rear cover and to flaps, and mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has foxing to edges. Shelved Room A. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378734. Special Collections.