A Biography of a Map in Motion Augustine Herrman's Chesapeake【電子書籍】[ Christian J. Koot ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Reveals the little known history of one of history’s most famous maps ? and its maker＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Tucked away in a near-forgotten collection, Virginia and Maryland as it is Planted and Inhabited is one of the most extraordinary maps of colonial British America. Created by a colonial merchant, planter, and diplomat named Augustine Herrman, the map pictures the Mid-Atlantic in breathtaking detail, capturing its waterways, coastlines, and communities. Herrman spent three decades travelling between Dutch New Amsterdam and the English Chesapeake before eventually settling in Maryland and making this map. Although the map has been reproduced widely, the history of how it became one of the most famous images of the Chesapeake has never been told.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A Biography of a Map in Motion uncovers the intertwined stories of the map and its maker, offering new insights into the creation of empire in North America. The book follows the map from the waterways of the Chesapeake to the w．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る