COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Ancient Syria to Sinai.
Obj Height cm:
40
Obj Width cm:
32
Scale 1:
2,200,000
Note:
Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Country borders hand col.
Full Title:
Ancient Syria. By W. Hughes, Prof. Geogr(aph)y, Coll. for Civ. Engrs. (with) Part of Arabia including Mount Sinai and the wanderings of the Israelites on the same scale. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. (Engraved by) W. Hughes, 1843. London, published March 15th. 1843 by Chapman & Hall, 186, Strand (1844)
List No:
0890.082
Page No:
(84)
Series No:
87
Pub Date:
1844
Pub Title:
Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Vol. 1. London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand, 1844.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 794.
Pub Note:
The SDUK, as the Society was known, produced inexpensive maps to encourage broad use in education. The maps in these two volumes were issued in parts over several years. The city plans are of particular interest, with vignettes and great detail. The gnomonic star maps were issued separately in this edition in their own covers. This is the second edition, the first being by Baldwin and Cradock, with the maps issued in numbers and later bound as a set. Rumsey Collection copy originally issued without the 6 "World on a gnomonic projection" maps; copies of them have been laid in. Atlas is bound in half leather dark brown cloth covered boards with "Maps. Vol. 1," "Maps. Vol. 2" stamped in gold on the spines. Maps with outline color; geological map of England and Wales hand colored in full color.
Pub List No:
0890.000
Pub Maps:
207
Pub Height cm:
43
Pub Width cm:
37
Image No:
0890082
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Chapman and Hall
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Lebanon
Country:
Syria
Region:
Middle East
Region:
Sinai (Egypt)
Subject:
Classical
Subject:
Historical
Engraver or Printer:
Hughes, William, 1817-1876
Publication Author:
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Date:
1843
Ancient Syria to Sinai.
