Historic Maps of Kentucky

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Maps published frorn the third quarter of the eighteenth century through the Civil War reflect in colorful detail the emergence of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the unfolding art of American cartography. Ten maps, selected and annotated by the most eminent historian of Kentucky, have been reprodu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, Thomas D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1979.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Historical geography.
Cartography.
Boundaries.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
HISTORY > Historical Geography.
Cartographie > Kentucky.
Cartography > Kentucky.
Kentucky.
Kentucky > Geographie historique.
Kentucky > Maps.
Kentucky > Historical geography > Maps.
Kentucky > Historical geography.
Kentucky > Boundaries.
Maps.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Sources of Illustrations; Preface; Metes & Bounds of Kentucky; 1. A Virgin Borderland; 2. The Royal Boundary & the Westward Movement; 3. The Walker Line & the Jackson Purchase; 4. Dr. Walker's Legacy; 5. A Boundary in Equity; 6. The Ohio Low Water Mark; 7. Patterns on the Land; 8 . Years of Conflict; The Mapping of Kentucky; 1. North America, Thomas Conder; 2. The United States, John Russell; 3. Kentucky, from Elihu Barker, W. Barker; 4. Kentucky with Adjoining Territories; 5. Kentucky, John Melish; 6. A New Map of Kentucky, H.S. Tanner.
  • 7. Kentucky & Tennessee, John Bartholomew8. The Limestone Road, Victor Collot; 9. Rapids of the Ohio River, Jared Brooks; 10. The Perryville Battlefield, Edward Ruger & Anton Kilp; Notes; A Note on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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