Ebook: Cartographic encounters : indigenous peoples and the exploration of the New World

In this reinterpretation of U.S. history, the author argues that, until now, writing about and popular understanding of the exploration and mapping of the New World has largely ignored the pivotal role played by indigenous people. Introduction: Creation myths and cartographic encounters ; Amerindian mappings -- Colonial cartographies: Encounters in a settled land ; Landings in a strange land -- Imperial cartographies: Surveying the West : Lewis and Clark and others ; Expedition into the 'desert' ; Fremont and Tah-Kai-Buhl ; 'Warren's map' ; Closing the frontier in the west -- Conclusions: Cartographic encounters in Australia ; Journey's end