| Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps Contributor(s): Lemmon, Alfred E. (Editor), Magill, John T. (Editor), Wiese, Jason R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0917860470 ISBN-13: 9780917860478 Publisher: Historic New Orleans Collection OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2003 Annotation: To celebrate the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase, The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) has pursued the ambitious goal of publishing an atlas that depicts Louisiana's history through maps. The result of those efforts is "Charting Louisiana." This book, THNOC's bicentennial gift to the public, offers a rich selection of historic and contemporary maps from various sources that collectively illustrate the region's diverse history, from its multinational colonial experiences to the modern American state. "Charting Louisiana" presents 104 maps from THNOC's holdings, representing the full range of the institution's cartographic treasures. The atlas also features sixty-seven important works from the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress--custodian of the largest cartographic collection in the world--and contributions from other United States repositories, including the Louisiana State Museum and Chicago's Newberry Library. Archives in France, Spain, Great Britain, and Mexico generously provided the balance, as befits Louisiana's international history. The product of this cooperative effort is an unprecedented compilation of 193 high-quality reproductions of important maps illustrating the development of Louisiana from the early sixteenth century to the present, along with historical essays providing a broader context for understanding the maps. Complete with a detailed cartobibliography and list of selected readings, "Charting Louisiana" is a lush, captivating, and valuable source of information for history buffs, scholars, and map lovers, providing ample opportunities for new interpretations of the state's history as well as that of the nation. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see Also Travel - Maps & Road Atlases) - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 912.763 |
| LCCN: 2002011143 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 11.7" W x 14.1" (8.20 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana |
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| Publisher Description: New Orleans thrived under Spanish rule (1762-1803), linked through trade and empire to the nerve centers of the circum-Caribbean. Curator Alfred E. Lemmon's introduction in this bilingual volume explores the far-reaching ways in which the Spanish influence is evident in the city to this day, in architecture, agriculture, science, and the arts. Two additional essays by noted scholars examine other facets of the city's development during this period: Light Townsend Cummins reflects on the city's role as an outpost of the Enlightenment in the Americas, while Richard Campanella explores the growth of city planning and urbanism. The Spanish period saw shifts in the legal landscape surrounding slavery, as well as the dramatic growth of the city's population of free people of color. The daily lives of New Orleanians, and the city's constant interaction with the Caribbean and the greater Spanish empire, are documented in the surviving examples of material culture, maps, manuscripts, and artworks presented here. Distributed for The Historic New Orleans Collection |