A Biography of a Map in Motion: Augustine Herrman's Chesapeake Koot Christian J.Pevná vazba
A Biography of a Map in Motion: Augustine Herrman's Chesapeake Koot Christian J.Pevná vazba Reveals the little known history of one of history's most famous maps - and its makerTucked away in a…
Specifikacia A Biography of a Map in Motion: Augustine Herrman's Chesapeake Koot Christian J.Pevná vazba
A Biography of a Map in Motion: Augustine Herrman's Chesapeake Koot Christian J.Pevná vazba
Reveals the little known history of one of history's most famous maps - and its makerTucked 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. Herrman spent three decades travelling between Dutch New Amsterdam and the English Chesapeake before eventually settling in Maryland and making this map. 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.
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.A Biography of a Map in Motion uncovers the intertwined stories of the map and its maker, offering new insights into the creation of