TY - BOOK AU - Edelson,S.Max TI - The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence SN - 9780674972117 U1 - 526.097/09033 PY - 2017///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674979017 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674979017 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674979017.jpg ER -