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Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Part I: On the Tide of the Enlightenment 1. Introduction Maps, knowledge and power in the Age of the Enlightenment Organisation of the book Part II: The Antecedents and Genesis of the General Survey Introduction 2. The Civilian and Military Antecedents of the General Survey Developments in English colonial cartography during the late seventeenth century Governance of colonial affairs in British North America Signs of progress Lord Halifax becomes President of the Board of Trade Introducing William Gerard De Brahm The development of military cartography in British North America Introducing Samuel Holland 3. The Genesis of the General Survey The role and status of the Board of Trade, 1761–4 The Grenville Ministry and the new colonial policy The important new policy questions of the day The Proclamation of 7 October 1763 Samuel Holland’s timely proposal for the General Survey The plan for the survey is defined Linking surveys, envisioned as additions to complete the General Survey Scientific surveying as practised by the General Survey of British North America 4. The Pre-existing Information In

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Author

Johnson, Alexander (editor)

Publisher

I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd I.B.Tauris

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781350988682

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Science, Anthropology