COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
World on Mercator Projection
Obj Height cm:
26
Obj Width cm:
32
Scale 1:
112,000,000
Note:
Hand color map, with colored boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich.
Reference:
cfP6059.
Full Title:
World on Mercator Projection. London, Published Jany.4.1825 by A. & S. Arrowsmith, No.10 Soho Square.
List No:
2550.005
Page No:
2
Series No:
5
Pub Date:
1825
Pub Title:
Outlines Of The World. By A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to His Majesty. 1825. London; Published Jany 4th 1825, by A. & S. Arrowsmith, No. 10, Soho Square. (title page portrait) Aaron Arrowsmith ... Obiit. 1823. H.W. Pickersgill A.R.A. Pinxt. T.A. Dean Sculpt.
Pub Reference:
cfP6059.
Pub Note:
Portrait of A.Arrowsmith Sr. Issued in year following the elder Arrowsmith's death, and dedicated to him. Atlas is bound in half leather dark teal cloth covered boards with "Outlines Of The World" stamped on the spine in gold. Maps are hand painted with outline color.
Pub List No:
2550.000
Pub Maps:
44
Pub Height cm:
38
Pub Width cm:
30
Image No:
2550005
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
A. & S. Arrowsmith
Type:
Atlas Map
World Area:
World
Engraver or Printer:
Pickersgill, H.W.
Engraver or Printer:
Dean, T.A.
Publication Author:
Arrowsmith, Aaron Jr.
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Arrowsmith, Aaron Jr.
Date:
1825
World on Mercator Projection
