Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Date:
1834
Short Title:
South Africa.
Publisher:
Chapman and Hall London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
32
Obj Width cm:
40
Scale 1:
4,700,000
Note:
Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Boundaries hand col. "Compiled from M.S. maps in the Colonial Office, Captn. Owen's survey, &c." Cape-Town map at (ca. 1:24,000) "from Grieg's Almanac."
Reference:
Tooley. Maps of Africa: a selection of printed maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, p. 95; Shire. The Cape of Good Hope 1782-1842 ..., 38.
Country:
South Africa
City:
Cape Town (South Africa)
Full Title:
South Africa. (with) Environs of the Cape. (with) District of George. (with) Environs of Graham-Town. (with) Cape-Town. J. & C. Walker sculpt. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Baldwin & Cradock, Paternoster Row April 1st. 1834. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844)
List No:
0890.123
Page No:
(125)
Series No:
132
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.
