On the edge : mapping North America's coasts /

Roger McCoy recounts the 400-year effort to map North America's coasts. Much of the book is based on the narratives of mariners who sought a passage through the continent to Asia and produced maps as a by-product of their journeys. These explorers had to rely on rudimentary mapping tools and to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCoy, Roger M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Temas:
Cartography > Atlantic Coast (North America) > Early works to 1800.
Cartography > Pacific Coast (North America) > Early works to 1800.
Cartographie > Atlantique, Côte de l' (Amérique du Nord) > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Cartographie > Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique du Nord) > Ouvrages avant 1800.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
Cartography.
Atlantic Coast (North America) > Maps > Early works to 1800.
Pacific Coast (North America) > Maps > Early works to 1800.
North America > Atlantic Coast.
North America > Pacific Coast.
Maps.
Early works.
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