Whither the Waters: Mapping the Great Basin from Bernardo de Miera to John C. Frémont

by John L. Kessell

Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713 1785) is remembered today not only as colonial New Mexico (TM)s preeminent religious artist, but also as the cartographer who drew some of the most important early maps of the American West. His oePlano Geographico � of the Colorado Plateau and Great Basin, revised by his hand in 1778, influenced other mapmakers for almost a century. This book places the man and the map in historical context, reminding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826358233
• ISBN13: 9780826358233
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.4" x 10.9"