COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
W. India Is., Cent. America.
Obj Height cm:
46
Obj Width cm:
59
Scale 1:
3,181,500
Note:
Engraved map. Boundaries hand col.; hydrography printed in blue. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Keith Johnston's general atlas 46."
Full Title:
West India Islands and Central America by Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved & printed by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, (1861)
List No:
0373.053
Page No:
46
Series No:
58
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:
0373053
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Edinburgh
Publisher:
William Blackwood & Sons
Type:
Atlas Map
World Area:
Central America
World Area:
West Indies
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
W. India Is., Cent. America.
