Six engraved maps on 2 facing pages. Hand colored. Have clouds that gradually pull back to reveal an increasing portion of the Earth as the maps progress through time. Relief shown by hachures.
Atlas to accompany a System of universal history; containing, I. A chronological picture of nations, or perspective sketch of the course of empire. II. The progressive geography of the World, in a series of maps, adapted to the different epochas of the history. By Emma Willard, Principal of Troy Female Seminary, and author of other geographical and historical works. Hartford: Published By F.J. Huntington. MDCCCXXXVI. Entered ... 1835, by F.J. Huntington ... Connecticut.
