Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xiii
4. Foreword xvii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. A Plea for the History of Geography 11
7. 2. Where History and Geography Meet: RECENT AMERICAN STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF EXPLORATION 24
8. 3. MAP MAKERS ARE HUMAN: COMMENTS ON THE SUBJECTIVE IN MAPS 33
9. 4. HUMAN NATURE IN SCIENCE 53
10. 5. TERRAE INCOGNiTAE: THE PLACE OF THE IMAGINATION IN GEOGRAPHY 68
11. 6. THE OPEN POLAR SEA 89
12. 7. FROM KUHLA KHAN TO FLORIDA 119
13. 8. WHAT'S "AMERICAN" ABOUT AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY? 124
14. 9. THE HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS "AN HISTORICAL NOTICE" 140
15. 10. ON MEDIEVALISM AND WATERSHEDS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY 154
16. 11. DANIEL COIT GILMAN GEOGRAPHER AND HISTORIAN 168
17. 12. MISS SEMPLE'S "INFLUENCES OF GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT" 188
18. 13. NOTES ON MEASURING AND COUNTING IN EARLY AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY 205
19. 14. NOTES ON EARLY AMERICAN GEOPIETY 250
20. EPILOGUE 286
21. NOTES 295
22. INDEX 339