The Mapping of America

363, [1] pp. "The development of cartography and the geography, territorial expansion, and demographic, political, scientific, and industrial growth of North America are recorded in maps from the sixteenth century to the present." CONTENTS: Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE: 1500-1800: Mapping a New Continent -- The First Decade: 1500-1510; A Rough Draft of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastlines: 1510-1550; Early Attempts at Colonization: 1550-1600; Permanent Colonization Reflected on Maps: 1600-1650; Expansion of Seaboard Colonies and Exploration of Inland Waterways: 1650-1700; European Claims in America: 1700-1750; The Emergence of the Nation: 1750-1800; PART TWO: SINCE 1800: Mapping an Expanding Nation: 1800-1840; Emergence of Scientific and Thematic Maps: 1840-1900; Mapping an Industrialized United States: Since 1900; Bibliography; Index; Photographic Credits.