Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-321) and index.
Contents
Part I. On the tide of the Enlightenment -- Part II. The antecedents and genesis of the General Survey -- Part III. Mapping 'infant colonies' : the commencement of the General Survey -- Part IV. 'Closing the net' : the General Survey during the administration of the Earl of Hillsborough -- Part V. 'A new spring to our future endeavors' : the General Survery under the administration of the Earl of Dartmouth -- Part VI. The General Survey and the militarisation of civilian cartography -- Part VII. Conclusion and legacy.
