{"product_id":"whither-the-waters-mapping-the-great-basin-from-bernardo-de-miera-to-john-c-frmont-9780826358233","title":"Whither the Waters: Mapping the Great Basin from Bernardo de Miera to John C. Frémont","description":"\u003cp\u003eBernardo 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 readers of the enduring significance of Miera y Pacheco. Later Spanish cartographers, as well as Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Captain Zebulon Montgomery Pike, and Henry Schenck Tanner, projected or expanded upon the Santa Fe cartographer  (TM)s imagery. By so doing, they perpetuated Miera y Pacheco  (TM)s most notable hydrographic misinterpretations. Not until almost seventy years after Miera did John Charles Fr (c)mont take the field and see for himself whither the waters ran and whither they didn  (TM)t.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John L. Kessell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of New Mexico Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 9.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826358233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKessell, John L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJohn L. Kessell\u003c\/strong\u003e, a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico, is the author or editor of many books, including \u003cem\u003eRemote Beyond Compare: Letters of don Diego de Vargas to His Family from New Spain to New Mexico, 1675â 1706\u003c\/em\u003e (UNM Press).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40444026126451,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7bceb31f-e647-48f4-af3e-d0f7f5db4639.jpg?v=1663338776","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/whither-the-waters-mapping-the-great-basin-from-bernardo-de-miera-to-john-c-frmont-9780826358233","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}