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Author: Louis De Vorsey Jr. ,
Louis De Vorsey, Jr. ,
Louis De Vorsey Jr. (Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Georgia, USA)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 4.40cm
, Length: 30.50cm
Weight: 2.354kg
ISBN: 9780807823712
ISBN 10: 0807823716
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 31 May 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
[F]ormal, exact and objective in its presentation, but is everywhere illumined with the romance of the map and the mapmaker. Times Literary Supplement F ormal, exact and objective in its presentation, but is everywhere illumined with the romance of the map and the mapmaker. Times Literary Supplement The definitive reference work on the cartography of the Southeast during the colonial period. Southeastern Geographer It is a contribution of the first importance to the cartographic history of the New World. Imago Mundi A model of its kind. Geographical Journal [F]ormal, exact and objective in its presentation, but is everywhere illumined with the romance of the map and the mapmaker. Times Literary Supplement An essential work. Journal of Southern History
[F]ormal, exact and objective in its presentation, but is everywhere illumined with the romance of the map and the mapmaker.<p> Times Literary Supplement
[F]ormal, exact and objective in its presentation, but is everywhere illumined with the romance of the map and the mapmaker. Times Literary Supplement F ormal, exact and objective in its presentation, but is everywhere illumined with the romance of the map and the mapmaker. Times Literary Supplement [F]ormal, exact and objective in its presentation, but is everywhere illumined with the romance of the map and the mapmaker. Times Literary Supplement The definitive reference work on the cartography of the Southeast during the colonial period. Southeastern Geographer It is a contribution of the first importance to the cartographic history of the New World. Imago Mundi An essential work. Journal of Southern History A model of its kind. Geographical Journal
Author Information
William P. Cumming (1900-1989) was Irvin Professor of English and chair of the English department at Davidson College. An acknowledged authority on the mapping of North America, Cumming built the finest collection of maps of the American Southeast to rest in private hands. Louis De Vorsey, Jr., professor emeritus of geography at the University of Georgia, is the most highly honored historical geographer working in the Southeast. He is author of Keys to the Encounter: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of the Age of Discovery.
