American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution
by Guthorn, Peter J.; Foreword by Gerard L. Alexander
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Near Fine condition/No jacket, as issued
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About This Item
Monmouth Beach, New Jersey: Philip Freneau Press, 1966. Near Fine condition. Sharp corners. 10" wide by 12.25" tall. Clean, square, tight. Endpaper has one small erasure. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Gilt minuteman on the cover and gilt lettering are bright and shiny. Illustrated with numerous map reproductions. Contains an informative Introduction, and an alphabetical listing of 50 cartographers, with a short biography of each map maker, and listing of his known maps. Also has a section describing anonymous maps. In the Foreword, Gerard L. Alexander (Chief, Map Division, The New York Public Library) states that many of these biographical sketches appear in print here for the first time, and "a great number of the maps are likewise newly discovered." Index. Bound in the original greenish-blue cloth.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 48pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004352
- Title
- American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution
- Author
- Guthorn, Peter J.; Foreword by Gerard L. Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket, as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Philip Freneau Press
- Place of Publication
- Monmouth Beach, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Continental Army. Military history. Revolutionary War. War for American Independence.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maps / Cartography;
- Size
- 48pp
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