The New Map of Empire : How Britain Imagined America before Independence /
Edelson, S. Max
The New Map of Empire : How Britain Imagined America before Independence / S. Max Edelson. - 1 online resource (480 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- A Note on the Maps -- Introduction -- 1. A Vision for American Empire -- 2. Commanding Space after the Seven Years' War -- 3. Securing the Maritime Northeast -- 4. Marking the Indian Boundary -- 5. Charting Contested Caribbean Space -- 6. Defining East Florida -- 7. Atlases of Empire -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Map Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain's imperial ambitions before the Revolution.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674972117 9780674979017
10.4159/9780674979017 doi
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
526.097/09033
The New Map of Empire : How Britain Imagined America before Independence / S. Max Edelson. - 1 online resource (480 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- A Note on the Maps -- Introduction -- 1. A Vision for American Empire -- 2. Commanding Space after the Seven Years' War -- 3. Securing the Maritime Northeast -- 4. Marking the Indian Boundary -- 5. Charting Contested Caribbean Space -- 6. Defining East Florida -- 7. Atlases of Empire -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Map Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain's imperial ambitions before the Revolution.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674972117 9780674979017
10.4159/9780674979017 doi
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
526.097/09033