COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
British Guayana.
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
25
Scale 1:
2,800,000
Note:
In outline color with drawings showing Georgetown, New Amsterdam and two natures scenes of the Berbice River and Devil's Rock. Map surrounded by a decorative border.
Reference:
P804-79.
Full Title:
British Guayana. The Illustrations Drawn & Engraved by H. Winkles. The Map Drawn & Engraved by J. Rapkin.
List No:
0466.080
Series No:
83
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:
0466080
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
J. & F. Tallis
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Guyana
Engraver or Printer:
Rapkin, J.
Engraver or Printer:
Winkles, 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
British Guayana.
