Lewis and Clark: The Maps of Exploration, 1507-1814

By Guy Meriwether Benson and William R. Irwin

Book Overview

In competition for a mostly unclaimed continent, Spanish, English, Dutch, French and Portuguese explorers guarded their maps as state secrets, as knowledge of the landscape was the key to acquisition.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574271385
• ISBN13: 9781574271386
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Howell Pr
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 11.3"