Oakland County, Michigan
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Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,99 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Landowners
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Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,99 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Landowners
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Author : Oakland County Genealogical Society (Mich.)
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Page : 193 pages
File Size : 10,69 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Landowners
ISBN : 9781879766204
Author : David I. Macleod
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 40,62 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
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An illustrated chapter on the renowned Michigan map expert Louis Karpinski opens this volume, following a comparative introduction by the noted cartographic historian David Buisseret. Twelve chapters tell particular stories. Often these narratives extend well beyond the limits of today's state of Michigan. American Indian mapmakers sought to give directions and convey cosmological meanings and political relationships; only gradually did they adopt the geometric framing and uniformity of European maps, which reflected a different set of cultural attitudes. Would-be colonial governors mapped to promote their dreams. Boundary commissioners surveyed and mapped to settle contested claims and lay the foundations for peace along the U.S.-Canadian border. On the Canadian side, surveyors drew maps to build up the new British colony against American influences and encroachments. Mapmakers were also ambitious entrepreneurs, peddling illustrated county atlases to proud farm owners, bird's-eye views to show off towns, and plat and insurance maps to aid property development. In describing how people produced and used maps, contributors tell a larger story of one region's peoples and cultures--and of a nation's zeal for exploration.
Author : Rockford Map Publishers
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,8 MB
Release : 1975
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Page : 560 pages
File Size : 11,21 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Genealogy
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Page : 410 pages
File Size : 24,15 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Genealogy
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 39,1 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Landowners
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Author : Michigan Genealogical Council
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Page : 260 pages
File Size : 29,7 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Michigan
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Page : 404 pages
File Size : 18,9 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Michigan
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Page : pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Names, Personal
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