Description
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 reproduced in authentic facsimiles. The accompanying booklet includes an illuminating historical essay, as well as notes on the individuaL facsimiles, and is illustrated with numerous details of other notable Kentucky maps.
Among the rare maps reproduced are one of the battlefield of Perryville (1877), a colorful travelers' map (1839), and a map of the Falls of the Ohio (1806) believed to be the first map printed in Kentucky.
Author: Thomas D. Clark
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9780813156019
ISBN10: 0813156017
BISAC Categories:
- History | Historical Geography
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- Technology & Engineering | Cartography
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