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This Land Is Your Land - 9780810967151

Un libro in lingua di Schwartz Seymour I. edito da Harry N Abrams Inc, 2000

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These 300 color and b&w illustrations present the evolution of the US from the first known drawing of any part of North America by Juan de la Cosa in 1500, to a 1961 Jasper Johns Map . An especially interesting part of this geographic history of the US is the genesis of names affixed to territories, states, cities, rivers, and other sites. For example, the New York communities of Lima, Avon, Java, Corfu, Castile, Charlotte, Chili, and Bergen were mispronounced because, some say, the locals wanted to identify outsiders. Others, however, point to illiteracy. The name "America" originally referred only to South America, and on a Paris globe of 1515, America referred to both Northern and Southern land masses. Schwartz is a surgeon who serves on the board of the National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian, and is consultant to the Library of Congress on American cartography. Oversize: 12.25x11<">. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Informazioni bibliografiche

  • Titolo del Libro in lingua: This Land Is Your Land
  • Sottotitolo: The Geographic Evolution of the United States
  • Lingua: English
  • AutoreSchwartz Seymour I.
  • Editore: Harry N Abrams Inc
  • Collana: Harry N Abrams Inc (Hardcover)
  • Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Novembre '00
  • Genere: HISTORY
  • Peso gr: 2287
  • Dimensioni mm: 298 x 273 x 31
  • ISBN-10: 0810967154
  • EAN-13: 9780810967151