COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Text Page (131-132): Distances between Places. Advertisement: Johnson's Family Atlas .
Obj Height cm:
46
Obj Width cm:
70
Note:
Advertisement includes testimonials of luminaries in public affairs, science, art, and education, as well as a list of 39 distinguished Southern men who endorse the atlas.
Reference:
P4345.
Full Title:
(Text Page) Distances between Important Places mostly in the United States. Johnson's New Illustrated Township Steel Plate Family Atlas, the Largest, Finest Executed, and Only Illustrated Township Atlas of the World Ever Published.
List No:
0535.085
Page No:
(131-132)
Series No:
85
Pub Date:
1865
Pub Title:
Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, With Physical Geography, And With Descriptions Geographical, Statistical, And Historical ... By Richard Swainson Fisher, M.D. ... Maps Compiled, Drawn, And Engraved Under The Supervision Of J.H. Colton And A.J. Johnson. New York: Johnson And Ward, Successors To Johnson And Browning (Successors To J.H. Colton And Company,) No. 113 Fulton Street. 1865. Entered ... One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-four, by A.J. Johnson ... New York.
Pub Reference:
P4345.
Pub Note:
Late 1865 edition. From Title Page: "The New Plates, Copyrighted by A. J. Johnson, are made exclusively for Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas. Others are the same as Used in Colton's General Atlas." Adds a double page map of "Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho and Montana" that also shows Wyoming - this is a newly drawn map. This is the first appearance of Wyoming on a map (Resor). Full color maps. Gilded edges.
Pub List No:
0535.000
Pub Maps:
58
Pub Height cm:
47
Pub Width cm:
38
Image No:
0535085
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
Johnson and Ward
Type:
Advertisement
Type:
Text Page
Country:
United States
Engraver or Printer:
Colton, J.H.
Engraver or Printer:
Johnson, A.J.
Engraver or Printer:
D. McLellan & Bros.
Publication Author:
Johnson, A.J.
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Johnson, A.J.
Date:
1865
Text Page (131-132): Distances between Places. Advertisement: Johnson's Family Atlas .
