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Book Synopsis The Mississippi River in Maps & Views by : Robert A. Holland
Download or read book The Mississippi River in Maps & Views written by Robert A. Holland and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Mississippi River in Maps & Views more than eighty glorious full-color maps dating from as early as 1544 celebrate "Ol’ Man River," this profound artery at the heart of America, and the extraordinary cities that grew up on its shores, including New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis, and Minneapolis–St. Paul. Beautifully drawn maps document Fernando de Soto’s explorations and "discovery" of the river, as well as those of the Marquett and Joliet Expeditions. Other maps present key moments along the Mississippi in times of war (The French and Indian War, The War of 1812, The Civil War). More recent though equally artful maps and charts seek a scientific understanding of the river toward an end of controlling it, and gorgeous bird’s-eye views ultimately extol the river’s beauty and its environs above all else. A consideration of the Mississippi and its history as a major highway toward America’s discovery of itself, through a comprehensive selection of the most beautiful maps dealing with it, will give new insight to the complex—sometimes nostalgic, sometimes practical—relationship of this country to its most storied river.
Book Synopsis Upper Mississippi River Navigation Charts by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island District
Download or read book Upper Mississippi River Navigation Charts written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island District and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minn of the Mississippi written by and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1951 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.
Book Synopsis Streams to the River, River to the Sea by : Scott O'Dell
Download or read book Streams to the River, River to the Sea written by Scott O'Dell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1986 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and her cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.
Book Synopsis Views on the Mississippi by : Mark Neuzil
Download or read book Views on the Mississippi written by Mark Neuzil and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Henry Peter Bosse (1844-1903) is now recognized as the leading photographer of the Mississippi River during the late nineteenth century: he extensively photographed the Upper Mississippi from 1883 to 1893, a time of unprecedented environmental and social change. His work was practically unknown until five separate volumes of his photographs were discovered within the past decade. Since then, his photographs have been exhibited at the Smithsonian and other national museums and purchased by private art collectors around the world." "Views on the Mississippi brings together for the first time almost one hundred of Bosse's most stunning images. These photographs, tracing the river from Minneapolis to St. Louis, capture the Mississippi as it was being transformed from an untamed natural wonder to a modern commercial highway. Presenting wagon and railroad bridges, towns and villages along the banks, and the steamboats that served them, Bosse's photography depicts the river at the fulcrum between the nostalgic, romantic era recorded by Mark Twain and the coming century of industrial development and environmental alterations (the navigation projects of the Army Corps are among the changes documented by Bosse). Also included is a detailed reproduction of Bosse's rare landmark map of the river, first published in 1887-88."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis Mississippi Floods by : Anuradha Mathur
Download or read book Mississippi Floods written by Anuradha Mathur and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each time the waters of the mighty Mississippi River overflow their banks, questions arise anew about the battle between "man" and "river". How can we prevent floods and the damage they inflict while maintaining navigational potential and protecting the river's ecology?" "The design of the Mississippi and how it should proceed has long been a subject of controversy. What is missing from the discussion, say the authors of this book, is an understanding of the representations of the Mississippi River. Landscape architect Anuradha Mathur and architect/planner Dilip da Cunha draw together an array of perspectives on the river and show how these different images have played a role in the process of designing and containing the river landscape. Analyzing maps, hydrographs, working models, drawings, photographs, government and media reports, painting, and even folklore, Mathur and da Cunha consider what these representations of the river portray, what they leave out, and why that might be. With original silk screen prints and a selection of maps, the book joins historic, scientific, engineering, and natural views of the river to create an entirely new portrait of the great Mississippi."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Time in Maps written by Kären Wigen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps organize us in space, but they also organize us in time. Looking around the world for the last five hundred years, Time in Maps shows that today’s digital maps are only the latest effort to insert a sense of time into the spatial medium of maps. Historians Kären Wigen and Caroline Winterer have assembled leading scholars to consider how maps from all over the world have depicted time in ingenious and provocative ways. Focusing on maps created in Spanish America, Europe, the United States, and Asia, these essays take us from the Aztecs documenting the founding of Tenochtitlan, to early modern Japanese reconstructing nostalgic landscapes before Western encroachments, to nineteenth-century Americans grappling with the new concept of deep time. The book also features a defense of traditional paper maps by digital mapmaker William Rankin. With more than one hundred color maps and illustrations, Time in Maps will draw the attention of anyone interested in cartographic history.
Download or read book Mississippi Solo written by Eddy Harris and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-09-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a young black man's quest: to canoe the length of the Mississippi River from Minnesota to New Orleans.
Book Synopsis The Mississippi River by : Jen Green
Download or read book The Mississippi River written by Jen Green and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2003-07-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its source near the U.S.-Canadian border and its mouth at a delta on the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River cuts north to south through the middle of the United States and drains a vast portion of North America. The busiest inland waterway in North America, the river flows past cities rich with unique cultures that have inspired the creation of new traditions in food, music, literature, and language. Book jacket.
Book Synopsis Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 by : Arsène Lacarrière Latour
Download or read book Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 written by Arsène Lacarrière Latour and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress by : Library of Congress. Map Division
Download or read book A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress. Map Division and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress by : Library of Congress. Division of Maps and Charts
Download or read book A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress. Division of Maps and Charts and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Civil War Maps in the National Archives by : National Archives (U.S.)
Download or read book Civil War Maps in the National Archives written by National Archives (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of America in 100 Maps by : Susan Schulten
Download or read book A History of America in 100 Maps written by Susan Schulten and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form. They capture what people knew, what they thought they knew, what they hoped for, and what they feared. As such they offer unrivaled windows onto the past. In this book Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries of American history, from the voyages of European discovery to the digital age. With stunning visual clarity, A History of America in 100 Maps showcases the power of cartography to illuminate and complicate our understanding of the past. Gathered primarily from the British Library’s incomparable archives and compiled into nine chronological chapters, these one hundred full-color maps range from the iconic to the unfamiliar. Each is discussed in terms of its specific features as well as its larger historical significance in a way that conveys a fresh perspective on the past. Some of these maps were made by established cartographers, while others were made by unknown individuals such as Cherokee tribal leaders, soldiers on the front, and the first generation of girls to be formally educated. Some were tools of statecraft and diplomacy, and others were instruments of social reform or even advertising and entertainment. But when considered together, they demonstrate the many ways that maps both reflect and influence historical change. Audacious in scope and charming in execution, this collection of one hundred full-color maps offers an imaginative and visually engaging tour of American history that will show readers a new way of navigating their own worlds.
Book Synopsis Pre-Federal Maps in the National Archives by : National Archives (U.S.)
Download or read book Pre-Federal Maps in the National Archives written by National Archives (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report on Bridging the Mississippi River Between Saint Paul, Minn., and St. Louis, Mo by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Download or read book Report on Bridging the Mississippi River Between Saint Paul, Minn., and St. Louis, Mo written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States Government Publications Monthly Catalog by :
Download or read book United States Government Publications Monthly Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
