COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
World Mercators proj.
Obj Height cm:
46
Obj Width cm:
60
Scale 1:
70,000,000
Note:
Engraved map. Borders hand col. "Keith Johnston's general atlas 2."
Full Title:
Chart of the world on Mercators projection. Showing the direction of the ocean currents, with the routes and distances between the principal ports. By Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved & printed by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, (1861)
List No:
0373.002
Page No:
2
Series No:
7
Pub Date:
1861
Pub Title:
The royal atlas of modern geography, exhibiting, in a series of entirely original and authentic maps, the present condition of geographical discovery and research in the several countries, empires, and states of the world by Alexander Keith Johnston ... With a special index to each map. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXI.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 835. National Maritime Museum. Catalogue, 507.
Pub Note:
First edition. This atlas was one of the best world atlases published in England in the second half of the 19th century. The North America map shows Colorado as a Territory - very up to date on U.S. political changes (most U.S. atlases do not show Colorado until 1862) for an English Atlas. Also shows Nevada, and a horizontal Arizona. However, the western U.S. map shows none of this -- its layout is pre-1860. Maps have a mixture of hand colored outline and printed blue color for water. Covers are half leather brown cloth covered boards with "Keith Johnston's royal atlas of modern geography" stamped in gilt on the cover, and "The Royal Atlas. Keith Johnston. W. Blackwood & Sons" on the spine.
Pub List No:
0373.000
Pub Maps:
48
Pub Height cm:
51
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
0373002
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Edinburgh
Publisher:
William Blackwood & Sons
Type:
Atlas Map
World Area:
World
Engraver or Printer:
W. & A.K. Johnston Limited
Publication Author:
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Date:
1861
World Mercators proj.
