COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Preface: Royal atlas of modern geography.
Obj Height cm:
50
Obj Width cm:
33
Note:
First edition. The North America map shows Colorado as a Territory - very up to date (most U.S. atlases do not show Colorado until 1862) for an English Atlas. Also shows Nevada, and a horizontal Arizona. However, the western U.S. map shows none of this -- its layout is pre-1860. Maps have a mixture of hand colored outline and printed blue color for water. Covers are half leather brown cloth covered boards with "Keith Johnston's royal atlas of modern geography" stamped in gilt on the cover, and "The Royal Atlas. Keith Johnston. W. Blackwood & Sons" on the spine.
Reference:
Phillips, 835. National Maritime Museum. Catalogue, 507.
Full Title:
(Preface to) The royal atlas of modern geography, exhibiting, in a series of entirely original and authentic maps, the present condition of geographical discovery and research in the several countries, empires, and states of the world by Alexander Keith Johnston ... With a special index to each map. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXI.
List No:
0373G
Page No:
(viii)
Series No:
6
Pub Date:
1861
Pub Title:
The royal atlas of modern geography, exhibiting, in a series of entirely original and authentic maps, the present condition of geographical discovery and research in the several countries, empires, and states of the world by Alexander Keith Johnston ... With a special index to each map. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXI.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
0373.000
Pub Maps:
48
Pub Height cm:
51
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
0373G
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2009
Publisher Location:
Edinburgh
Publisher:
William Blackwood & Sons
Type:
Text Page
World Area:
World
Publication Author:
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Date:
1861
Preface: Royal atlas of modern geography.
