Dr. John Mitchell: The Man Who Made the Map of North America

Berkeley, Edmund; Berkeley, Dorothy Smith

ISBN 10: 0807812218 / ISBN 13: 9780807812211

Published by The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1975

About this Item

With a few black & white illustrations and a bibliography. xix. 283 pages. 8vo. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth. The dust jacket spine is lightly faded. Fine/Very Good.

Seller Inventory # T1459

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dr. John Mitchell: The Man Who Made the Map of North America
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807812218
• ISBN 13: 9780807812211
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This is the first full-length biography of a man who was primarily a botanist but who is best known for his map of North America. He left a well-established medical practice in his native Virginia in 1746 to live in London where he became active in scientific, social, and political circles. One of the period’s outstanding cartographical achievements, Mitchell’s map served as the basis for the Treaty of 1783 and for the still-existing United States-Canadian border.

Originally published in 1974.

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