Manuscript Maps Concerning The Gulf Coast Texas And The Southwest 1519 1836
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Manuscript Maps Concerning The Gulf Coast Texas And The Southwest 1519 1836
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Author : Jack Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Manuscript Maps Concerning The Gulf Coast Texas And The Southwest 1519 1836 written by Jack Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
Mapping And Empire
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Author : Dennis Reinhartz
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Mapping And Empire written by Dennis Reinhartz and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Science categories.
From the sixteenth through the mid-nineteenth centuries, Spain, then Mexico, and finally the United States took ownership of the land from the Gulf Coast of Texas and Mexico to the Pacific Coast of Alta and Baja California—today's American Southwest. Each country faced the challenge of holding on to territory that was poorly known and sparsely settled, and each responded by sending out military mapping expeditions to set boundaries and chart topographical features. All three countries recognized that turning terra incognita into clearly delineated political units was a key step in empire building, as vital to their national interest as the activities of the missionaries, civilian officials, settlers, and adventurers who followed in the footsteps of the soldier-engineers. With essays by eight leading historians, this book offers the most current and comprehensive overview of the processes by which Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. soldier-engineers mapped the southwestern frontier, as well as the local and even geopolitical consequences of their mapping. Three essays focus on Spanish efforts to map the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, to chart the inland Southwest, and to define and defend its boundaries against English, French, Russian, and American incursions. Subsequent essays investigate the role that mapping played both in Mexico's attempts to maintain control of its northern territory and in the United States' push to expand its political boundary to the Pacific Ocean. The concluding essay draws connections between mapping in the Southwest and the geopolitical history of the Americas and Europe.
Texas By Ter N
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Author : General Mier
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Texas By Ter N written by General Mier and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.
“An extremely valuable original source on Texas history that heretofore has not been available to scholars or the reading public.” —Donald E. Chipman, Professor of History, University of North Texas Texas was already slipping from the grasp of Mexico when Manuel Mier y Terán made his tour of inspection in 1828. American settlers were pouring across the vaguely defined border between Mexico's northernmost province and the United States, along with a host of Indian nations driven off their lands by American expansionism. Terán’s mission was to assess the political situation in Texas while establishing its boundary with the United States. Highly qualified for these tasks as a soldier, scientist, and intellectual, he wrote perhaps the most perceptive account of Texas' people, politics, natural resources, and future prospects during the critical decade of the 1820s. This book contains the full text of Terán’s diary—which has never before been published—edited and annotated by Jack Jackson and translated into English by John Wheat. The introduction and epilogue place the diary in historical context, revealing the significant role that Terán played in setting Mexican policy for Texas between 1828 and 1832.
Contemporary Authors
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Author : Julie Keppen
language : en
Publisher: Contemporary Authors
Release Date : 2004-09
Contemporary Authors written by Julie Keppen and has been published by Contemporary Authors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Find biographical information on more than 115,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Sketches typically include personal information, addresses, career history, writings, work in progress, biographical and critical sources, authors' comments and informative essays about their lives and work. A softcover cumulative index is published twice per year (included in subscription).
Mapping In Michigan The Great Lakes Region
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Author : David I. Macleod
language : en
Publisher: MSU Press
Release Date : 2007
Mapping In Michigan The Great Lakes Region written by David I. Macleod and has been published by MSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
An illustrated chapter on the renowned Michigan map expert Louis Karpinski opens this volume, following a comparative introduction by the noted cartographic historian David Buisseret. Twelve chapters tell particular stories. Often these narratives extend well beyond the limits of today's state of Michigan. American Indian mapmakers sought to give directions and convey cosmological meanings and political relationships; only gradually did they adopt the geometric framing and uniformity of European maps, which reflected a different set of cultural attitudes. Would-be colonial governors mapped to promote their dreams. Boundary commissioners surveyed and mapped to settle contested claims and lay the foundations for peace along the U.S.-Canadian border. On the Canadian side, surveyors drew maps to build up the new British colony against American influences and encroachments. Mapmakers were also ambitious entrepreneurs, peddling illustrated county atlases to proud farm owners, bird's-eye views to show off towns, and plat and insurance maps to aid property development. In describing how people produced and used maps, contributors tell a larger story of one region's peoples and cultures--and of a nation's zeal for exploration.
An Atlas Of Early Maps Of The American Midwest
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
An Atlas Of Early Maps Of The American Midwest written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Cartography categories.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Southwestern Historical Quarterly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Southwest, New categories.
Mapping Manifest Destiny
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Author : Michael P. Conzen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Mapping Manifest Destiny written by Michael P. Conzen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
"An exhibition at the Newberry Library November 3, 2007-February 16, 2008"
The Oxford Companion To World Exploration
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Author : David Buiisseret (ed)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Oxford Companion To World Exploration written by David Buiisseret (ed) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Discoveries in geography categories.
Contains cross-referenced articles--arranged alphabetically from Antoine d'Abbadie to Longitude--on topics of land, space, and sea exploration and provides biographical profiles of notable explorers throughout history.
Atlas Of The Historical Geography Of The United States
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Author : Charles Oscar Paullin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
Atlas Of The Historical Geography Of The United States written by Charles Oscar Paullin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Atlases categories.
A digitally enhanced version of this atlas was developed by the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond and is available online. Click the link above to take a look.