COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Comparative Size of Lakes and Islands.
Obj Height cm:
33
Obj Width cm:
40
Scale 1:
12,500,000
Note:
A selection of the largest islands drawn on the same scale and differentiated by hemisphere. Includes the Black Sea with salinity about half that of oceans and includes the Caspian Sea with about one-third the salinity of oceans. Also includes some very salty lakes such as the Great Salt Lake and Mono Lake.
Reference:
P6155.
Full Title:
Comparative Size of Lakes and Islands. Lakes in the Western Hemisphere. Lakes in the Eastern Hemisphere. Islands in the Western Hemisphere. Islands in the Eastern Hemisphere. Published by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., No. 172 William St. New York.
List No:
4825.010
Page No:
6
Series No:
10
Pub Date:
1866
Pub Title:
Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets, Drawn By G. Woolworth Colton. Letter-Press Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, No. 172 William Street. London: Bacon & Co., 48 Paternoster Row. 1866. Entered ... 1863, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
Pub Reference:
P6155.
Pub Note:
Has letter from J.H. Colton to his Pastor tipped in. Phillips shows 1860 and 1864 editions, with none in between. Colton might not have published the General Atlas in this period because of the Family Atlas collaboration with Johnson (just saw an 1862 & 1863 listed in World - Brit Museum, but maybe small editions were run?). That collaboration ended in 1863 (we believe) when Colton's name was dropped from the direct title page credits. Ristow states (p325) that Colton retired in 1864, and the General Atlas thereafter was published by G.W. & C.B. Phillips does not list this 1865 (which has J.H. as publisher) but has 1866 (P6155) published by G.W. & C.B. Colton adds the "Johnson" western states maps in this edition (and may have done this also in 1864), while Johnson drops them in 1864 and replaces them with maps of unknown source. Full color used to differentiate the political boundaries.
Pub List No:
4825.000
Pub Maps:
119
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
4825010
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
G.W. & C.B. Colton
Type:
Atlas Map
World Area:
Eastern Hemisphere
World Area:
Western Hemisphere
Subject:
Thematic
Subject:
Islands
Subject:
Lakes
Publication Author:
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Publication Author:
Colton, G.W.
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Colton, G.W.
Date:
1866
Comparative Size of Lakes and Islands.
