Historic Maps » Indian Ocean Islands. by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) from 1844

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Author: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

Date: 1844

Short Title: Indian Ocean Islands.

Publisher: London: Chapman and Hall

Type: Atlas Map

Obj Height cm: 32

Obj Width cm: 40

Scale 1: Various

Note: Eleven engraved maps. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Hand col. David Rumsey Collection atlas contains 2 copies of this map.

World Area: Indian Ocean

Country: Madagascar ; Maldives

Region: Socotra (Yemen) ; Lakshadweep (India)

Full Title: Islands in the Indian Ocean: Amirantes, Seychelle Archipelago, Socotra, Rodrigue or Diego Ruys, Lakadive Islands, Maldive Islands, Andaman Isles, Nicobar Isles, Madagascar, Chagos Group, Keeling Isles, Mauritius and Bourbon, Kerguelen or Desolation I. J. & C. Walker sculpt. Published by and under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844)

List No: 0890.109

Page No: (111)

Series No: 114

Engraver or Printer: J. & C. Walker

Publication Author: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

Pub Date: 1844

Pub Title: Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Vol. 1. London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand, 1844.

Pub Reference: Phillips, 794.

Pub Note: "The SDUK, as the Society was known, produced inexpensive maps to encourage broad use in education. The maps in these two volumes were issued in parts over several years. The city plans are of particular interest, with vignettes and great detail. The gnomonic star maps were issued separately in this edition in their own covers. This is the second edition, the first being by Baldwin and Cradock, with the maps issued in numbers and later bound as a set. Rumsey Collection copy originally issued without the 6 ""World on a gnomonic projection"" maps; copies of them have been laid in. Atlas is bound in half leather dark brown cloth covered boards with ""Maps. Vol. 1,"" ""Maps. Vol. 2"" stamped in gold on the spines. Maps with outline color; geological map of England and Wales hand colored in full color."

Pub List No: 0890.000

Pub Type: World Atlas

Pub Maps: 207

Pub Height cm: 43

Pub Width cm: 37

Image No: 0890109

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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