xvi, 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The European antecedents of new world maps / David Buisseret --Maps of the age of European exploration / David B. Quinn --Eighteenth-century large-scale maps / Louis DeVorsey -- Maps of the township and range system / Ronald E. Grim -- Nineteenth-century landscape views / David Buisseret -- Bird's-eye views of towns and cities ; City maps and plans / Gerald Danzer -- North American county maps and atlases / Michael P. Conzen -- Two examples of thematic maps : civil war and fire insurance maps / Robert Karrow and Ronald E. Grim -- Topographic surveys of the United States / Robert Karrow -- Twentieth-century highway maps / Thomas Schlereth -- Aerial imagery / David Buisseret and Christopher Baruth.
