Osher Map Library: Percy Map: Contents

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		Narrative overview of the web site, equivalent to this listing of contents.
		What is the "Percy Map"? A basic description of the map acquired by the Osher Map Library, of its provenance, and of its unique characteristics.
	Hugh, earl Percy and Military Mapping in the Revolution
		Hugh, earl Percy (1742-1817): the life and military career of Lord Percy, including brief accounts of his role in the battles of Concord and Lexington, 18-19 April 1775, and of the high degree of his cartographic literacy.
		Military mapping in the Revolution: an overview of the use of maps for military purposes during the American Revolution and a particular examination of the function of the Percy Map.
		Resources on Military Mapping in the Osher Map Library: a listing of various books and maps related to military mapping, available at USM. Also refer to the bibliography, below.
	A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England
		Thomas Jefferys (d.1771): the career of this prominent London cartographer, paying special attention to his mapping of North America. This includes a publication history of the Jefferys's Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England (1755-1796).
		Symbolic Significance: a cultural and political reading of the title cartouche and geographic structure of the first edition of Jefferys's Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England (1755).
		John Green (d.1757): the unseemly life and brilliant work of the geographer, born Bradock Mead.
		Making the Map: how Green constructed the Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England, a point of great interest given Green's strong opinions on cartographic honesty and his failure to acknowledge completely his sources for this map.
		William Douglass, MD (ca.1691-1752): the life of the Boston physician whose pioneering geography was the source of Green's and Jefferys's powerful political image of New England.
		Transcriptions of key passages from Douglass's Summary (1749-52).
	Supporting Documentation
		Graphic Index: a listing of all the images used in the preceding pages. Note that all graphics included within the text pages are thumbnails; click on them to see the full image.
		Cartobibliography: complete descriptions, with references, of the maps discussed or referred to in the preceding pages.
		Bibliography: a partially annotated listing of all the works cited in the preceding pages.
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