COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Humboldt's Distribution of Plants in Equinoctial America.
Obj Height cm:
27
Obj Width cm:
38
Note:
Elevational profile drawing includes a large number of plant families, genera, and species names corresponding to the vicinity of the equator in America.
Reference:
P4334.
Full Title:
Physical Geography. Humboldt's Distribution of Plants in Equinoctial America, According to Elevation above the Level of the Sea. Edinburgh. Published by A. & C. Black. Geo. Aikman, Sculpt.
List No:
2305.009
Page No:
V
Series No:
20
Pub Date:
1854
Pub Title:
General Atlas Of The World: Containing Upwards Of Seventy Maps. Engraved On Steel, In The First Style Of Art, By Sidney Hall, William Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c. New Edition. Embracing All The Latest Discoveries Obtained From Government Surveys And Expeditions, Books Of Recent Travel, And Other Sources, Including The North-West Passage Discovered By H.M. Ship Investigator. With Introductory Chapters On The Geography And Statistics Of The Various Countries Of The World, And A Complete Index Of 65,000 Names. Edinburgh: Adam And Charles Black, North Bridge. M.DCCC.LIV.
Pub Reference:
P4334.
Pub Note:
New Edition on Title page. Has three maps of the states that appear here for the first time, hand colored. New York, Vermont, New Hampshire...Connecticut; Kentucky and Tennessee; and Maine. These maps appear in Black's Atlas of North America (1856) and in the General Atlas American Edition (1857) but they are printed in colors, not hand colored. Also, the map of Mexico includes the California Gold Regions colored in gold. This edition represents a significant change of maps for Black; Phillips lists the entire contents, which he rarely does for an atlas of this period, indicating his view of its importance.
Pub List No:
2305.000
Pub Maps:
70
Pub Height cm:
46
Pub Width cm:
34
Image No:
2305009
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2009
Publisher Location:
Edinburgh
Publisher:
Adam & Charles Black
Type:
Atlas Map
World Area:
South America
Subject:
Vegetation
Engraver or Printer:
Aikman, George
Publication Author:
Black, Adam & Charles
Publication Author:
Hall, Sidney
Publication Author:
Hughes, William
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Black, Adam & Charles
Author:
Hall, Sidney
Author:
Hughes, William
Date:
1854
Humboldt's Distribution of Plants in Equinoctial America.
