COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
New Zealand.
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
26
Scale 1:
5,300,000
Note:
Islands outlined with gold and surrounded by illustrations of Auckland, Mount Egmont, a New Zealander, and the port of Wellington. Border in a New Zealand motif.
Reference:
P804.
Full Title:
New Zealand. The Illustrations by H. Warren & Engraved by J.B. Allen. The Map Drawn & Engraved by J. Rapkin.
List No:
0466.058
Series No:
61
Pub Date:
1851
Pub Title:
The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical, Edited By R. Montgomery Martin, Esq. ... The Maps Drawn & Engraved By J. Rapkin. H. Warren. J. Rogers. J. & F. Tallis, London & New York.
Pub Reference:
P804.
Pub Note:
Maps by J. Rapkin. The edition without the town plans. Date estimated. This copy has a few pages of the Index/Gazetteer, as issued, almost as a sample of the later edition with the complete gazetteer. Earlier editions have a second title page dated 1851, a view of the Great Pavilion opposite the ornamental title page, and an index sheet titled "Directions to Binder - arrangement of maps" (Huntington Library copy). Maps are hand colored with outline color, and bound in half leather marbled paper covered boards with "Illustrated Atlas" stamped in gilt on the spine.
Pub List No:
0466.000
Pub Maps:
82
Pub Height cm:
38
Pub Width cm:
29
Image No:
0466058
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
J. & F. Tallis
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
New Zealand
Engraver or Printer:
Allen, J.B.
Engraver or Printer:
Rapkin, J.
Engraver or Printer:
Warren, H.
Publication Author:
Martin, R.M.
Publication Author:
Tallis, J. & F.
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Martin, R.M.
Author:
Tallis, J. & F.
Date:
1851
New Zealand.
