COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Text Page: Publisher's Advertisement.
Obj Height cm:
37
Obj Width cm:
30
Note:
Provides a description of the goals of the atlas including an explanation of the use in the maps of easily convertible scales where one inch equals 25, 50, 100, 200 or some other readily compared number of miles.
Full Title:
(Text Page) Publisher's Advertisement.
List No:
1690.005
Series No:
5
Pub Date:
1859
Pub Title:
Colton's Illustrated Cabinet Atlas and Descriptive Geography. Maps - by G. Woolworth Colton. Text by Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: Published by J.H. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1859.
Pub Note:
A smaller version of Colton's General Atlas with regional maps. A one-time effort, not reissued. These maps are reused by Colton in some of his school atlases. The text by Fisher (minus the sections on the states and territories) is used later in Johnson's Family Atlas starting in 1861. General physical geography text based on the Atlas of Milner and Petermann published in London. Overall text is intended to be particularly readable. The atlas is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of etchings on a wide range of geographical subjects, statistical tables, and smaller maps and plans. Full color maps.
Pub List No:
1690.000
Pub Height cm:
38
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
1690005
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
J.H. Colton
Type:
Text Page
Engraver or Printer:
Davies and Roberts
Engraver or Printer:
George Russell & Co.
Publication Author:
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Publication Author:
Colton, G.W.
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Colton, G.W.
Author:
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Date:
1859
Text Page: Publisher's Advertisement.
