America discovered : a historical atlas of North American exploration / Derek Hayes.
| Author/creator |
Hayes, Derek, 1947- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 2004. |
| Description | 224 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 33 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Continent revealed -- Beginnings -- New world found -- To the shores of Cathay -- Mainland discovered -- Foundations of a French empire -- Wanderings in the wilderness -- Shores of the South Sea -- no passage but an empire -- French in Florida -- Fact and fantasy -- Northern Passage -- New Albion -- Plantation at Roanoke Island -- Six months of winter -- Harbors for ships and men -- Excursions from the Chesapeake -- Hudson finds his river -- Searchers to the north -- Short route to China by way of the river -- Towards the Pole Articke -- First steps inland -- Seeking furs and lost souls -- Finding the Mississippi -- West from Carolina -- Island no more -- Ascending the Missouri -- Explorer's myths- sea of the west -- Explorer's myths- river of the west -- Searching for an illusion -- Extream part of America -- Russian discovery of America -- Russian discovery of America -- Crossing the mountains -- Exploring on company time -- Spain moves north -- West Coast defined -- North West explorations -- Hudson's Bay Company responds -- No passage to India -- Internal parts of Louisiana -- Quest for fur -- Explorations in Russian Alaska -- Revealing of Arctic America -- Flanks of the British Northland -- Sources of the Mississippi -- Exploring the emigrant trails -- Southwest military surveys -- Great Salt Lake -- Pacific Railroad surveys -- Exploring a prairie -- Great western surveys -- Final frontier- North -- Ongoing frontier -- Map catalog -- Select bibliography -- Index. |
| Abstract | Presents a collection of original maps and historic illustrations to document the exploration of North America. Map researcher Derek Hayes applies his signature approach to a collection of maps that trace the discovery, exploration, and settlement of North America from 1000 A.D. to the present. Rich narratives make over 300 beautiful maps come alive, with North America's coasts, waterways, prairies, and peaks freshly described by explorers such as Columbus, Coronado, and Lewis and Clark as they encounter these territories for the first time. A final spread discusses modern scientific exploration and includes a detailed catalog and index of the maps. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9781553654506 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1553654501 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1553650492 (bound) : |
| ISBN | 9781553650492 (bound) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks - Oversize | G1106.S12 H34 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |