COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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Author:
Henshaw, Frances A.
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Henshaw, Frances A.
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Date:
1823
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1823
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Short Title:
The Copernican System.
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The Copernican System.
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Publisher:
Manuscript
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Manuscript
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Publisher Location:
Middlebury, Vermont.
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Middlebury, Vermont.
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Type:
Text Page
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Obj Height cm:
25
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20
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Note:
Handlettered text.
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Handlettered text.
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Country:
United States
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United States
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Subject:
Children's Maps
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Children's Maps
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Subject:
School
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School
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Full Title:
The Copernican System.
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The Copernican System.
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List No:
2501Y
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2501Y
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Page No:
7
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Series No:
6
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6
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Publication Author:
Henshaw, Frances A.
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Henshaw, Frances A.
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Pub Date:
1823
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1823
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Pub Title:
Frances A. Henshaw's Book of Penmanship Executed at the Middlebury Female Academy April 29, 1823.
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Frances A. Henshaw's Book of Penmanship Executed at the Middlebury Female Academy April 29, 1823.
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None found.
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None found.
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Pub Note:
Exquisite hand drawn maps of the states. Notwithstanding the title, this is a geography book hand drawn by a very promising student. It includes descriptions of Astronomical Geography, the Ptolemaic, Brahean and Copernican Systems, Comets, Great Circles, Equator, Meridian, Horizon, Colures, Tropics, Polar Circles, Zones, Climates, Latitude and Longitude, a section titled America, and 19 maps of the states with a descriptive page for each. The maps are copied from the 1805 edition of Carey's American Pocket Atlas, except for Ohio, which is from Arrowsmith and Lewis' Atlas, 1812, and Indiana, from an unknown source. The text is copied from Morse's Geography Made Easy, probably 1807, 11th edition, but certainly before the 12th edition (which was changed substantially); the text describing the maps is original. The only mystery is why she used such out of date sources if, in fact, she made this book in 1823. The penmanship is remarkable both in the execution of the maps and text. One of a kind. At the bottom of the title page: "presented to her son T.A. Post - Feb 4th 1872." Emma Willard led the Middlebury Female Seminary from 1807-19, see DAB. After Willard left, the school was continued informally until 1827 when it was revived. Henshaw lived from 1809-1873 (email from her great-great-great-grandson to us) so she would have been about 14 years old when she made these maps in 1823. She lived in Middlebury where her father, Daniel Henshaw, was a businessman. (thanks to Susan Schulten for some of these details).
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Exquisite hand drawn maps of the states. Notwithstanding the title, this is a geography book hand drawn by a very promising student. It includes descriptions of Astronomical Geography, the Ptolemaic, Brahean and Copernican Systems, Comets, Great Circles, Equator, Meridian, Horizon, Colures, Tropics, Polar Circles, Zones, Climates, Latitude and Longitude, a section titled America, and 19 maps of the states with a descriptive page for each. The maps are copied from the 1805 edition of Carey's American Pocket Atlas, except for Ohio, which is from Arrowsmith and Lewis' Atlas, 1812, and Indiana, from an unknown source. The text is copied from Morse's Geography Made Easy, probably 1807, 11th edition, but certainly before the 12th edition (which was changed substantially); the text describing the maps is original. The only mystery is why she used such out of date sources if, in fact, she made this book in 1823. The penmanship is remarkable both in the execution of the maps and text. One of a kind. At the bottom of the title page: "presented to her son T.A. Post - Feb 4th 1872." Emma Willard led the Middlebury Female Seminary from 1807-19, see DAB. After Willard left, the school was continued informally until 1827 when it was revived. Henshaw lived from 1809-1873 (email from her great-great-great-grandson to us) so she would have been about 14 years old when she made these maps in 1823. She lived in Middlebury where her father, Daniel Henshaw, was a businessman. (thanks to Susan Schulten for some of these details).
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Pub List No:
2501.000
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2501.000
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Pub Type:
Manuscript Map
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Manuscript Map
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Pub Type:
National Atlas
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National Atlas
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Pub Maps:
19
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19
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Pub Height cm:
26
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26
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Pub Width cm:
21
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Image No:
2501f
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Download 1:
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Authors:
Henshaw, Frances A.
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