COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Palestine and Adjacent Countries
Obj Height cm:
41
Obj Width cm:
33
Scale 1:
1,160,000
Note:
Full color map. With remarks on the Dead Sea and the River Jordan. Place names from various eras shown and differentiated per legend. Includes numbered table of Turkish provinces and explanation of Arabic appellatives which occur on the map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich.
Reference:
P823.
Full Title:
Palestine & Adjacent Countries. Published by Charles Desilver, 251 Market Street, Philadelphia. Entered ... 1856 by Charles Desilver ... Pennsylvania. (inset map) Environs of Jerusalem.
List No:
2514.073
Page No:
70
Series No:
73
Pub Date:
1857
Pub Title:
A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics Of The World. With a special map of each of the United States, Plans of Cities &c. Comprehended in eighty one sheets and forming a series of One Hundred And Forty Five Maps, Plans And Sections ... Philadelphia, Charles Desilver, No. 251 Market Street. 1857. Entered ... 1856 by Charles Desilver ... Pennsylvania. (title page by) Barralet del. Humphreys, sc. J. Knight Sc.
Pub Reference:
P823.
Pub Note:
Issued earlier in the year than our other 1857. The California, etc., map is an earlier and different issue than our other 1857 copy; also, some of the other maps have small changes. In a different binding, pages with gilt paper edges. Covers are half leather dark green cloth covered boards with "Mitchell's Universal Atlas" stamped in gilt on spine. Maps in full color.
Pub List No:
2514.000
Pub Maps:
77
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
37
Image No:
2514073
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Publisher:
Charles DeSilver
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Israel
Country:
Palestine
Country:
Syria
Engraver or Printer:
Barralet
Engraver or Printer:
Hazzard, J.L.
Engraver or Printer:
Humphreys, F.
Engraver or Printer:
Knight, J.
Engraver or Printer:
Young, J.H.
Engraver or Printer:
Keen & Lee.
Engraver or Printer:
Keen & Lee
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Date:
1857
Palestine and Adjacent Countries
