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Mapping and empire [electronic resource] : soldier-engineers on the southwestern frontier / edited by Dennis Reinhartz and Gerald D. Saxon.

Contributor(s): Reinhartz, Dennis | Saxon, Gerald D | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: xx, 204 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Military topography -- Southwestern States -- History | Military maps -- History | Electronic books | Southwestern States -- Discovery and exploration | Southwestern States -- MapsDDC classification: 623/.71 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
1. Spanish Maritime Charting of the Gulf of Mexico and the California Coast / W. Michael Mathes -- 2. Spanish Military Engineers in the New World before 1750 / David Buisseret -- 3. Spanish Military Mapping of the Northern Borderlands after 1750 / Dennis Reinhartz -- 4. U.S. Army Military Mapping of the American Southwest during the Nineteenth Century / Ralph E. Ehrenberg -- 5. Henry Washington Benham: A U.S. Army Engineer's View of the U.S.-Mexican War / Gerald D. Saxon -- 6. Trabajos Desconocidos, Ingenieros Olvidados: Unknown Works and Forgotten Engineers of the Mexican Boundary Commission / Paula Rebert -- 7. Soldier-Engineers in the Geographic Understanding of the Southwestern Frontier--An Afterthought / John R. Hébert.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Spanish Maritime Charting of the Gulf of Mexico and the California Coast / W. Michael Mathes -- 2. Spanish Military Engineers in the New World before 1750 / David Buisseret -- 3. Spanish Military Mapping of the Northern Borderlands after 1750 / Dennis Reinhartz -- 4. U.S. Army Military Mapping of the American Southwest during the Nineteenth Century / Ralph E. Ehrenberg -- 5. Henry Washington Benham: A U.S. Army Engineer's View of the U.S.-Mexican War / Gerald D. Saxon -- 6. Trabajos Desconocidos, Ingenieros Olvidados: Unknown Works and Forgotten Engineers of the Mexican Boundary Commission / Paula Rebert -- 7. Soldier-Engineers in the Geographic Understanding of the Southwestern Frontier--An Afterthought / John R. Hébert.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.