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Mapping in Michigan & the Great Lakes Region

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An illustrated chapter At the renowned Michigan map expert Louis Karpinski opens this volume, following a comparative introduction by the noted cartographic historian David Buisseret. Twelve chapters tell particular stories. Frequently these narratives extend way past the limits of lately’s state of Michigan. Ameican Indian mapmakers sought to present directions and convey cosmological meanings and political relationships; only step by step did they adopt the geometric framing and uniformity of European maps, which reflected a different set of cultural attitudes. Would-be colonial governors mapped to advertise their dreams. Boundary commissioners surveyed and mapped to settle contested claims and lay the foundations for peace along the U.S.-Canadian border. At the Canadian side, surveyors drew maps to build up the brand new British colony against American influences and encroachments. Mapmakers were also ambitious entrepreneurs, peddling illustrated county atlases to proud farm owners, bird’s-eye views to blow their own horns towns, and plat and insurance maps to help property development. 
     In describing how people produced and used maps, contributors tell a larger story of one region’s peoples and cultures―and of a nation’s zeal for exploration.


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