North America
Posted By www.amherst-maps.com on December 7, 2010
If you’re looking for a way to get up-to-speed on North America and the many nuances she has experienced during her history we recommend taking a look at the following books that shed perspective from varying angles of perspective and diversity especially since that’s what North America was founded on.
- Atlas of the North American Indian (Carl Waldman) is an updated comprehensive reference covering the entire history, culture, and tribal locations of the Indian peoples of the United States, Canada, and Central America, from prehistoric times to the present day. The text includes over 100 two-color maps.
- Bird’s Eye Views: Historic Lithographs of North America Cities (John W. Reps) collects over 100 views dating between 1835 and 1902 and showcases the streets, buildings, churches, bridges, waterways, and surrounding countryside of North American towns that range from burgeoning metropolitan centers to small logging towns and mining camps. Cities such as Baltimore, Brooklyn, Denver, Indianapolis, Memphis, Montreal, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Syracuse, and Washington are just a few presented in this collection of 115 panoramic lithographs.
- The Atlas of North American Exploration: From the Norse Voyages to the race to the Pole (William H. Goetzmann) is comprised of 224 pages of incredible cartography that is organized chronologically by region and charts the fascinating course of North American exploration from the pre-Columbian voyages to the race to the North Pole in 1909. Reviewers have commented that the text “serves a real need for any serious student of North American history” and “not only is the book a good stand alone reference, it is also a good supplement to have near at hand when you are reading the journals or history of early explorers.”
Take a look at any of the above to start your journey exploring North America .
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