{"product_id":"mapping-virginia-from-the-age-of-exploration-to-the-civil-war-9780813932675","title":"Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Note: The limited deluxe edition of \u003ci\u003eMapping Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e has sold out.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs one of the chief gateways to the earliest exploration and settlement of the North American continent, Virginia was the subject of much imaginative thought and practical scrutiny. Not surprisingly, it possesses a fascinating cartographical heritage. Moving from the years preceding Jamestown to the dawn of the postbellum era, \u003ci\u003eMapping Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e represents the most comprehensive available selection of printed maps from Virginia's first three hundred years. Beginning with the first, tentative renderings of the mid-Atlantic coast in the sixteenth century, the book provides a detailed listing of the vast majority of the printed maps canvassing Virginia before 1830. A large group of maps depicting Virginia during the Civil War is also included. The maps are all reproduced through abundant illustrations, and each is placed in its historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecause the legal and popularly conceived boundaries of Virginia were in flux for many generations, the maps encompass a great deal of geography not presently part of the commonwealth. As a result, the three centuries of maps collected here reflect an evolving idea of what Virginia is, a concept as much as a strict region--the lands and themes that came to mind at various points in time when a cartographer designed what he believed conveyed \"Virginia.\"In addition to their great historic and geographic significance, the maps exhibit an exquisite artistry, placing before the reader breathtaking examples of the draftsman's, engraver's, and colorist's craft. These qualities are on display in hundreds of illustrations, over half of which are in color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for the general reader as well as the map connoisseur, \u003ci\u003eMapping Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the remarkable process by which Virginia gradually, magically revealed its form to the collective mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished for the Library at the Mariners' Museum in association with the Virginia Cartographical Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Wooldridge has served as president of the John Marshall Foundation and of the Norfolk Historical Society and as chair of the map support group of the Library of Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Virginia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413281149202,"sku":"9780813932675","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e7d3124-f264-4d4b-9e43-338fcf2c069f.jpg?v=1729352184","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mapping-virginia-from-the-age-of-exploration-to-the-civil-war-9780813932675","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}