COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Chart Shewing (sic) the Communication between Europe, North America, and the Pacific.
Obj Height cm:
28
Obj Width cm:
39
Scale 1:
14,500,000
Note:
Currents shown. Land tinted. Shows four routes for the Proposed Pacific Railway.
Reference:
P1232,1385; NMM 478.
Full Title:
Chart Shewing (sic) the Communication between Europe, North America, and the Pacific. Published by A. & C. Black. Edinburgh. Printed in Colours by Schenck & Macfariane. Edinburgh. Drawn & Engraved by J. Bartholomew, Edinburgh.
List No:
0073.020
Page No:
20
Series No:
27
Pub Date:
1854
Pub Title:
Black's Atlas Of North America. A Series Of Twenty Maps Constructed And Engraved By John Bartholomew. With Introductory Letter-Press And A Complete Index. Edinburgh: Adam And Charles Black. MDCCCLVI.
Pub Reference:
P1232,1385; NMM 478.
Pub Note:
All maps by Bartholomew. First use of printed color by Black and Bartholomew. This is a fine atlas, scarce, and almost as good as Rogers and Johnston's Atlas of the United States, 1857 (see our #3825). Bound in dark green cloth covered boards with "Black's Atlas Of North Ame(rica)" on the spine in gilt (the "rica" in parentheses is missing from the original spine).
Pub List No:
0073.000
Pub Maps:
20
Pub Height cm:
46
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
0073020
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2009
Publisher Location:
Edinburgh
Publisher:
A. & C. Black
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Honduras
Country:
Mexico
Region:
North Atlantic Ocean
Engraver or Printer:
Bartholomew, John
Publication Author:
Bartholomew, John
Publication Author:
Black, Adam & Charles
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Author:
Bartholomew, John
Author:
Black, Adam & Charles
Date:
1856
Chart Shewing (sic) the Communication between Europe, North America, and the Pacific.
