Surveyors of empire : Samuel Holland, J.W.F. Des Barres, and the making of the Atlantic Neptune /
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| Author / Creator: | Hornsby, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1956- |
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| Imprint: | Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2011. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 269 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps, color portraits. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Carleton library series ; 221 Carleton library series ; 221. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Map |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11160416 |
| Summary: | British imperial power was greatly bolstered by new techniques in surveying and map-making during the eighteenth century. Well before James Cook sailed for the Pacific in 1768, British army engineers working on the coastline from Quebec to Rhode Island had set new scientific standards for cartography that would assist the British in mapping future conquests. Surveyors of Empire explores the groundbreaking work of these engineers, which formed the basis of The Atlantic Neptune, a four-volume hydrographic atlas that stands as a monument of European Enlightenment science. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 269 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps, color portraits. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773587342 0773587349 9780773538153 0773538151 |