COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
World as Known to the Ancients; Division ...among the Posterity of Noah.
Obj Height cm:
43
Obj Width cm:
54
Scale 1:
54,400,000
Note:
Table of general divisions of the Ancient World with their modern names equivalents. Description of Noah's descendants and their lands (keyed to map).
Reference:
cfP131.
Full Title:
Chart of the World as Known to the Ancients on Mercador's Scale. Division of the Earth among the Posterity of Noah. [Two separate maps]. No. 6. Philadelphia Published by M. Carey & Son, 1820.
List No:
1642.006
Page No:
6
Series No:
15
Pub Date:
1820
Pub Title:
A Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, And Geographical Atlas; Being A General Guide To History, Both Ancient And Modern ... According To The Plan Of Le Sage, Greatly Improved. The Whole Forming A Complete System Of History And Geography. By M. Lavoisne. From The Last London Edition, Improved by C. Gros, of the University of Paris, and J. Aspin ... First American Edition, Carefully Revised And Corrected. Enlarged By The Addition Of Several New Maps Of American History And Geography Which are brought down to the beginning of the Year 1820. Philadelphia: Published By M. Carey And Son. 1820. Printed by T.H. Palmer, on the Ruthven Press, and on J. & T. Gilpin's Machine Paper. (Price Thirty Dollars, Half Bound.)
Pub Reference:
cfP131.
Pub Note:
This is the first American edition which is based on the 1817 London edition published by J. Barfield (see our 1814 Barfield edition). Full color. Bound in half leather brown boards with gold stamped title on the spine reading "Lavoisne. Genealogical, Historical, Chronological And Geographical Atlas."
Pub List No:
1642.000
Image No:
1642006
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2009
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Publisher:
M. Carey and Son
Type:
Atlas Map
World Area:
World
Engraver or Printer:
T.H. Palmer
Publication Author:
Carey, Mathew
Publication Author:
Lavoisne, M.
Pub Type:
Historical Atlas
Author:
Carey, Mathew
Author:
Lavoisne, M.
Date:
1820
World as Known to the Ancients; Division ...among the Posterity of Noah.
