Mapping America: The Incredible Story and Stunning Hand-Colored Maps and Engravings That Created the United States

by Neal Asbury and Jean-Pierre Isbouts

The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-colored maps and engravings of the period.

Before photography and television, it was printed and hand-colored maps that brought home the thrill of undiscovered lands and the possibilities of exploration, while guiding armies on all sides through the Indian Wars and the clashes of the American Revolution. Only by looking through the prism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1948062763
• ISBN13: 9781948062763
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Apollo Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 10.1"