COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Germany and Switzerland
Obj Height cm:
26
Obj Width cm:
20
Scale 1:
5,500,000
Note:
Color map. Shows political boundaries and administrative divisions, cities and towns, rivers, canals, etc. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Washington and Greenwich.
Reference:
Martin/Martin 31.
Full Title:
Germany and Switzerland. (to accompany) A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford. William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New-York. Entered ... 1835, by Thos. G. Bradford ... Massachusetts.
List No:
2643.099
Page No:
89
Series No:
99
Pub Date:
1838
Pub Title:
A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford. William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New-York. Entered ... 1835, by Thos. G. Bradford ... Massachusetts. (title page) Drawn by E. Tisdale, Landscapes by W. Croome. Eng. by J. Andrews.
Pub Reference:
Martin/Martin 31.
Pub Note:
Second edition. First Texas map in an atlas. Description of Texas is 2 pages, but Texas is not yet called a Republic. This edition has separate maps of North Carolina and Georgia, in addition to the map of both Carolinas and Georgia. Also, the previously combined Alabama and Mississippi, and Tennessee and Kentucky are separate maps in this edition. Dated 1838 on the cover label. May have been issued also in 1836 or 1837. Maps with hand painted outline color. Bound in half leather marbled paper covered boards with "Bradford's Comprehensive Atlas 1838. Containing About 100 Maps." printed on front label. Spine is stamped with "A Comprehensive Atlas. Geographical, Historical, Commercial."
Pub List No:
2643.000
Pub Maps:
74
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
28
Image No:
2643099
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
William D. Ticknor
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
Wiley & Long
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Germany
Country:
Switzerland
Engraver or Printer:
Tisdale, E.
Engraver or Printer:
Croome, W.
Engraver or Printer:
Boynton, G.W. & Co.
Engraver or Printer:
Andrews, J.
Publication Author:
Bradford, Thomas G.
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Bradford, Thomas G.
Date:
1838
Germany and Switzerland
