COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Indian Ocean Islands.
Obj Height cm:
32
Obj Width cm:
40
Scale 1:
Various
Note:
Eleven engraved maps. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Hand col. David Rumsey Collection atlas contains 2 copies of this map.
Full Title:
Islands in the Indian Ocean: Amirantes, Seychelle Archipelago, Socotra, Rodrigue or Diego Ruys, Lakadive Islands, Maldive Islands, Andaman Isles, Nicobar Isles, Madagascar, Chagos Group, Keeling Isles, Mauritius and Bourbon, Kerguelen or Desolation I. J. & C. Walker sculpt. Published by and under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844)
List No:
0890.109
Page No:
(111)
Series No:
114
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:
0890109
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Chapman and Hall
Type:
Atlas Map
World Area:
Indian Ocean
Country:
Madagascar
Country:
Maldives
Region:
Lakshadweep (India)
Region:
Socotra (Yemen)
Engraver or Printer:
J. & C. Walker
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:
1844
Indian Ocean Islands.
