Mapping and Empire
Synopsis
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.
- Derechos de autor:
- 2005 University of Texas Press
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780292774414
- Publisher:
- University of Texas Press
- Date of Addition:
- 2016-04-05T10:42:32Z
- Idioma:
- English
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- This is a copyrighted book.