COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Contents: Contents of volume IV, Southern Europe and Africa
Obj Height cm:
49
Obj Width cm:
32
Note:
Volume IV, the second to appear in the series of five volumes which will comprise the Mid-Century Edition of the Times Atlas. Full color maps, xii, and 24 leaves of plates. Bound in red linen, with label stamped in real gold reading "The Times Atlas of the World, Southern Europe & Africa Volume IV."
Full Title:
(Contents to) The Times Atlas of the World. Mid-Century Edition, Edited by John Bartholomew, M.C., M.A. Cartographer by Royal Appointment of the late King George V, Gold Medalist of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Volume IV southern Europe and Africa, Containing: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Danube Lands, Greece, Egypt, Mediterranean Islands, North, west, Central and East Africa, South Africa, The Atlantic Ocean. With an Index-Gazetteer. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1956.
List No:
1552.189
Page No:
(vii)
Series No:
189
Pub Date:
1959
Pub Title:
The Times Atlas of the World. Mid-Century Edition, Edited by John Bartholomew, M.C., LL.D. Cartographer by Royal Appointment of the late King George V, Gold Medalist of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Volume II, South-West Asia & Russia, containing Afghanistan, Arabia, Arctic Ocean, Ceylon, Greenland, India, Indian Ocean, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, etc. With an Index-Gazetteer. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1959.
Pub Note:
Published in 5 volumes, 1955-1959, with 122 colored double page map sheets, and a comprehensive index of over 200,000 names. Because of the long production times involved in the work of compiling the detailed maps. The volumes were arranged in continental groupings with volume III, North Europe, coming out first, followed by another volume each year. V.1. The World, Australasia & East Asia --V.2. South-West Asia & Russia --V.3. Northern Europe --V.4. Southern Europe & Africa --V.5. The Americas. with an Index-Gazetteer. Bound in red linen, with label stamped in real gold reading "The Times Atlas of the World, Mid-Century Edition."
Pub List No:
1552.000
Pub Maps:
122
Pub Height cm:
50
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
1552189
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
John Bartholomew & Son LTD.
Type:
Index Page
Engraver or Printer:
William Clowes & Son Ltd.
Publication Author:
Bartholomew, John
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Bartholomew, John
Date:
1956
Contents: Contents of volume IV, Southern Europe and Africa
