Book Review: American Citie’s Creation and Development

Book Review: American Citie’s Creation and Development – American Cities features nine of this country’s greatest metropolises, thriving urban centers with rich colorful histories: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco.

Rare or previously unpublished historic maps and views of each of the cities provides a unique journey through each city—from the how they developed over time to historic events that helped to shape their formation.

The maps and views offer a fascinating way to explore the creation, development, and true spirit of each city. Essays by specialists accompany each section and help to explain and explore the growth of these wonderful cities, while this lavish book pays tribute to the most important and artistic images of America.

Paul E Cohen is a dealer in antique maps and rare books with the firm of Cohen & Taliaferro LLC. He is the coauthor of Manhattan in Maps (1997),
which won the New York City Book Award, and Mapping the West (2002).

Henry G Taliaferro has been a dealer in rare maps and views for thirty years and is presently a partner in the firm of Cohen & Taliaferro LLC. He is the
author of Cartographic Sources in the Rosenberg Library (1987), coauthor of Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America (2002), and a number of articles on cartography.