The American Revolution and its era : maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789

Publication/Creation:: [Washington, D.C.] : Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, 2000-
Resource Type:: Book

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Full Title:: The American Revolution and its era : maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 / Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress

Variant Titles:: Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789
At head of title: American memory, Library of Congress
American memory : historical collections for the National Digital Library

Additional Author/Creators:: Sellers, John R.
Van Ee, Patricia Molen
Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division

Subjects:: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Cartography
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800

Summary:: This collection consists of more than 2000 maps and charts from the Revolutionary era, most of which are documented in Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789: A Guide to the Collections in the Library of Congress compiled by John R. Sellers and Patricia Molen van Ee in 1981. The collection also includes almost 600 original manuscript drawings, many of which are the work of such famous mapmakers as John Montresor, Samuel Holland, Claude Joseph Sauthier, John Hills, and William Gerard De Brahm. There are also many maps from the personal collections of William Faden, Admiral Richard Howe, and the comte de Rochambeau, as well as large groups of maps by three of the best eighteenth-century map publishers in London. Presents cartographic styles and techniques of surveyors and mapmakers from Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Italy, and the United States. Site is searchable by keyword and browsable by subject, creator, title, and geographical location
Language:: English
Technical Note:: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
General Note:: Title from opening screen (viewed Nov. 27, 2004).