{"product_id":"the-mapping-of-colorado-from-indigena-to-statehood","title":"The Mapping of Colorado: From Indigena to Statehood","description":"\u003cp\u003eReleased on the 150th anniversary of Colorado's admission to the Union, this limited, numbered and signed collector's edition book is the story of Colorado maps, the people who made them, the methods they employed, and what can be found on them. In \u003ci\u003eThe Mapping of Colorado\u003c\/i\u003e, we watch from a time when the North American Continent was entirely unknown until the State of Colorado was created in 1876, nearly 400 years later. We see Spanish explorers pushing into the Southern portions of the State and Americans roaming across the plains from the East. We observe numerous wars and treaties among nations staking claims to some or all of future Colorado. There are hundreds of surviving maps of Colorado before statehood in 1876, including those of the first explorers, the Mexican Land grants, Native American reservations, the establishment of the Colorado Territory in 1861, the first township surveys, the Great Surveys, early trails, gold rush routes, mail and stagecoach routes, railroads and panoramic (birds-eye) views of the State's cities and towns. Many of these maps are listed in our annotated cartobibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to \u003ci\u003eMerriam-Webster\u003c\/i\u003e, a map is \"a drawing or picture that shows selected features of a specific area. It can be a drawing of the Earth, the moon, or a section of the brain.\" Common types of maps include weather, population, economic, political, climate, topographic, diseases, time zones, zip codes, area codes, radar, earthquakes, environmental, medical, aeronautical, atmospheric, and hydrospheric. \u003ci\u003eBlack's Law Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e has a narrower and more traditional definition: a map is \"a representation of the earth's surface, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented, usually on a flat surface.\" To keep the present undertaking manageable, we attempt to confine our inquiry of Colorado's mapping history to the traditional art and science of mapping the earth's surface. This is the fascinating story of the origins of our State as seen through maps. The new Colorado State Historian, Dr. Susan Schulten, professor of history at the University of Denver, couldn't have said it better: \"Old maps serve as unique and fascinating portals into the past, showing us what people knew as well as what they thought they knew.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore photography, movies and television, it was these printed and hand-colored maps that brought home the thrill of undiscovered lands and explorations. It is hoped that just as the explorers planned their missions studying the maps made by their predecessors, we have added to the readers' desire to explore new places, learn new things, and take on the challenges of the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inside front cover of this book contains a collection of U.S. postage stamps commemorating Colorado's benchmark periods. The stamps carry \"cancels\" denoting locations within the state of historical significance and are signed by both the author and the publisher. This special edition is limited to 200 books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhyolite Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":51943104643389,"sku":"9781943829804","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0477\/8731\/1254\/files\/9781943829804ita.jpg?v=1783526606","url":"https:\/\/itascabooks.com\/products\/the-mapping-of-colorado-from-indigena-to-statehood","provider":"Itasca Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}