Acquiring “Knowledge of Our Own Continent”: Geopolitics, Science, and Jeffersonian Geography, 1783–1803
In his role as a promoter of scientific exploration of North America, Thomas Jefferson shared with Jedidiah Morse, considered by many to be the father of American geography, the patriotic desire to counteract misinformation furnished by “imperfect and erroneous sketches” describing the continent...
| Published in: | Journal of American Studies |
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2006
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021875806001356 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0021875806001356 |