COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
B.C. 2348. The Deluge.
Obj Height cm:
34
Obj Width cm:
28
Scale 1:
90,000,000
Note:
Map covered primarily by clouds showing the known earth from the Creation to the Deluge, 2348 B.C. (to A.M. 1656). First period. Eden shown through the clouds with Mt. Ararat and the Land of Nod.
Reference:
cfP4139.
Full Title:
B.C. 2348. The Deluge. Engraved by Sidy. Hall Bury Strt. Bloomsby. London Published June 1828 by Seeley & Burnside 169 Fleet Street.
List No:
2839.001
Series No:
7
Pub Date:
1830
Pub Title:
An Historical Atlas; In A Series Of Maps Of The World As Known At Different Periods; Constructed Upon An Uniform Scale, And Coloured According To The Political Changes Of Each Period: Accompanied By A Narrative Of The Leading Events Exhibited In The Maps: Forming Together A General View Of Universal History, From The Creation To A.D. 1828. By Edward Quin, M.A. ... The Maps Engraved By Sidney Hall. Printed For R.B. Seeley And W. Burnside; And Sold By L.B. Seeley & Sons, Fleet Street, London. MDCCCXXX.
Pub Reference:
cfP4139.
Pub Note:
1st edition. The unique maps show progressively receding cloud borders to indicate the expansion of geographical knowledge over time. This atlas may have influenced Emma Willard's "Atlas to Accompany a System of Universal History" - 1835. Willard's Atlas uses the "cloud" maps in a very similar way. See our copy of Willard. Full color. Atlas is bound in half red leather marbled paper covered boards with a label printed with "An Historical Atlas, Containing Maps of the World At Twenty-One Different Periods. With a General View of Universal History, By Edward Quin, M.A. Price L3 (pounds): 10s. Half-Bound." The spine has a red leather label embossed in gilt with "Quin's Historical Atlas."
Pub List No:
2839.000
Pub Maps:
21
Pub Height cm:
42
Pub Width cm:
34
Image No:
2839001
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Seeley and Burnside
Type:
Timeline
Country:
Turkey
Engraver or Printer:
Hall, Sidney
Publication Author:
Quin, Edward
Pub Type:
Historical Atlas
Author:
Quin, Edward
Date:
1830
B.C. 2348. The Deluge.
