"Can Maps Serve as Historical Authorities? And if so, of what?: The Case of the US Coast Survey and 19th Century Reconnaissance Cartography of the Pacific Northwest"
John Cloud, Historian, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
As historian at NOAA's Central Library, John Cloud is writing a history of the founding of the Survey of the Coast in 1807. This talk will review this history, focusing on the Pacific Northwest, and
the role of the maps created as part of the Survey.
