COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
The World On Mercator's Projection.
Obj Height cm:
73
Obj Width cm:
101
Scale 1:
40,000,000
Note:
Engraved map on on 2 sheets (eastern and western parts). Full hand col. Relief shown by hachures. Shows explorers' routes, etc. "Pinkerton's modern atlas."
Reference:
Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, v. 2, no. 310.
Full Title:
(Composite of) The World on Mercator's projection. Drawn under the direction of Mr. Pinkerton by L. Hebert. Neele sculpt. 352 Strand. London: published ... 1812, by Cadell & Davies, Strand & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row.
List No:
0732.064
Page No:
60-61
Series No:
67
Pub Date:
1815
Pub Title:
A modern atlas, from the latest and best authorities, exhibiting the various divisions of the world, with its chief empires, kingdoms and states, in sixty maps, carefully reduced from the largest and most authentic sources. Directed and superintended by John Pinkerton, author of Modern geography, &c. London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street; for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, Paternoster Row. 1815.
Pub Reference:
P724; NMC 409.
Pub Note:
A superb copy. One of the best English Atlases of the period, similar to Thomson's General Atlas of 1817. See the Philadelphia edition of 1818. Maps are hand painted in full color and bound in new half leather beige cloth covered boards with "Pinkerton Atlas" stamped in gilt on a black spine label.
Pub List No:
0732.000
Pub Maps:
61
Pub Height cm:
59
Pub Width cm:
48
Image No:
0732064
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Cadell and Davies
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Type:
Composite Map
World Area:
World
Engraver or Printer:
Hebert, L.
Engraver or Printer:
Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824
Publication Author:
Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
Date:
1812
The World On Mercator's Projection.
