Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America

Book

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2005.025.1

Description

Analyzes the inspiration behind the production of atlases, maps, and charts; discusses what they reveal about the history of the American nation; and explains why they were important to the people who owned them. Illustrated. xi, 434 p., ill., (chiefly col.), col. maps, 30 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2005.025.

Source or Donor

McGee, Joseph

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Presented to Historic Charleston Foundation by Joseph H. McGee

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Geography, Maps, Cartography--United States--History--17th century, Cartography--Europe--History--17th century, United States--Maps--Early works to 1800

Book Details

Author

Taliaferro, Henry G. (Henry Garland), 1945-, Pritchard, Margaret Beck

Series

Williamsburg Decorative Arts Series

Publisher

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Place Published

Location

Williamsburg, VA

Date Published

circa 2002

Call No.

GA405 .P75 2002

ISBN

0-87935-214-0

LCCN

2002008177

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Missroon/Library/Oversized

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Margaret Beck Pritchard and Henry G. Taliaferro. Written on flyleaf: "Presented to Historic Charleston Foundation by Joseph H. McGee, November, 2005. Attest: William J. Murtaugh, First Keeper, Nat'l Register:" Bookplate of Joseph H. McGee is also on flyleaf. Published in association with Henry N. Abrams, Inc. Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-419) and index.

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Create Date

November 8, 2005

Updated By

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Update Date

September 28, 2006