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The Book Club of Texas. Austin, TX, 1995. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover Elephant Folio. Book in fantastic condition, as new. #105/350
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Flags Along The Coast: Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519-1759: a Reappraisal
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Flags Along the Coast. Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519-1759: A Reappraisal.
by Jackson, Jack
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Austin: Book Club of Texas, 1995 First edition. Number 64 of 350 numbered copies designed and printed by Wind River Press, Austin. Folio. 15x11 inches. xii, 225pp. Printed in red and black. Color frontispiece map and 65 other maps printed in black & white. Extensive notes and bibliography, list of maps. Half maroon cloth, printed paper spine label, decorated boards, paper spine label. A very fine, as new copy in the plain paper dust jacket. Excellent source book, beautifully designed, on the impact of the maps of Enriquez Barroto/Bisente of the Gulf of Mexico on European cartography in the early eighteenth century. Part II examines the maps produced by French exploration in Louisiana, focusing on the work of a virtually unknown engineer, Valentine Devin. The cartographic contribution of Devin and his fellow mapmakers in the colony enabled France to dominate the North American map trade long after France yielded its claims on the continent. Original prospectus laid in..
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