Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Polynesia.

Author: 
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Date: 
1840
Short Title: 
Polynesia.
Publisher: 
Chapman and Hall
Publisher Location: 
London
Type: 
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm: 
32
Obj Width cm: 
40
Scale 1: 
Various
Note: 
Twenty engraved maps on sheet. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Coasts hand col.
Reference: 
Tooley, R.V. The mapping of Australia and Antarctica 2d. ed., p. 144, no. 1173.
World Area: 
Pacific
Country: 
Kiribati
Country: 
Marshall Islands
State/Province: 
Hawaii
Region: 
Mariana Islands
Region: 
Palau
Full Title: 
Polynesia or islands in the Pacific Ocean. Mariana Is. or Ladrones. Pelew Is. or Palaos. Gilbert Ids. or Scarborough Range. Marshall Ids. Otdia or Romanzoff Group. Galapagos Ids. Marquesas Is. or Mendana Archo. Sandwich Ids. Samoa or Navigator Ids. Tonga or Friendly Is. Tonga-Tabou Id. Santa Cruz Is. Vanikoro Id. Admiralty Isles, New Ireland or Tombara, New Britain or Birara, Salomon (sic) Islands. Norfolk Id. The Low Archipelago (Society Islands), Otaheite or Tahiti. Cooks or Hervey Isles. Pitcairn Island. Juan Fernandez. (Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge). Engraved by J. & C. Walker. London, published by Chapman & Hall, 186, Strand, June 15th. 1840. (1844)
List No: 
0890.154
Page No: 
(156)
Series No: 
163
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: 
0890154
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Authors: 
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Collection: 
Rumsey Collection