Название: The Social Life of Maps in America, 1750-1860
Автор: Martin Bruckner
Издательство: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 1469632608
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 384
Размер: 30,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

In the age of MapQuest and GPS, we take cartographic literacy for granted. We should not; the ability to find meaning in maps is the fruit of a long process of exposure and instruction. A "carto-coded" America--a nation in which maps are pervasive and meaningful--had to be created. The Social Life of Maps tracks American cartography's spectacular rise to its unprecedented cultural influence.