There is little documented mapping of conflict prior to the Renaissance period, but, from the 17th century onwards, military commanders and strategists began to document the wars in which they were involved and later, to use mapping to actually plan the progress of a conflict. Using contemporary maps, this sumptuous new volume covers the history of the mapping of war on land and shows the way in which maps provide a guide to the history of war. Content...

"The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-colored maps and engravings of the period. Before photography and television, it was printed and hand-colored maps that brought home the thrill of undiscovered lands and the possibilities of exploration, while guiding armies on all sides through the Indian Wars and the clashes of the American Revolution. Only by looking through the prism of these maps,...

This publication presents descriptions of the formations present in the subsurface in northwestern Arkansas. It includes: Stratigraphy of the Powell dolomite, Everton formation, St. Peter sandstone, Joachim dolomite, Plattin-Kimmswick limestones, Fernvale limestone-Boone formation, Fayetteville shale, Pitkin limestone, Morrow group, Atoka formation, Post-Atoka Pennsylvanian. It also includes: structure of these units, oil and gas possibilities of...