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Adams, Sebastian C.
Title Page: Adams' Synchrono
1881
Historical Atlas
| Authors |
Adams, Sebastian C. |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Adams' Synchronological Chart of Universal History. Through the Eye to the Mind. A Chronological chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History, Synchronized by Sebastian C. Adams. Third Edition and Twelfth-Thousand carefully and critically revised and brought down to 1878. Colby & Co. Publishers, 39 Union Square, New York. The Strowbridge Lithographing Company, Cincinnati, O. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year A.D. 1871, by S.C. Admas, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. (On the title page) Adams' Synchronological Chart of Universal History...Through the Eye to the Mind. |
| List No |
6000.014 |
| Note |
A huge and impressive twenty three foot long chart showing 5,885 years of history, from 4004 B.C.. to 1881 A.D. First issued in 1871, Adams put out several editions in many formats. Rosenberg and Grafton in "Cartographies of Time" say that as a timeline, Adams Synchronological Chart "was ninetheenth-century America's surpassing achievement in complexity and synthetic power." |
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USGS (U.S. Geological Survey
Title Page: Twenty-first Ann
1900
Geologic Atlas, Geology Book
| Authors |
USGS (U.S. Geological Survey), Walcott, Charles D. |
| Full Title |
(Title Page) Twenty-first Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior. 1899-1900. Charles D. Walcott, Director. In Seven Parts. Henry Gannett, Chief of Division. Washington. Government Printing Office. Part V - Forest Reserves. |
| List No |
6322.002 |
| Note |
Includes vignette of geologic cross-section, landscape, rock hammers, and belt. |
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Vorzet, Ed.Dumas, Le Comte d
Covers and Title Page: Histo
1874
Military Atlas
| Authors |
Vorzet, Ed.Dumas, Le Comte de Paris |
| Full Title |
(Covers and Title Page to) Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amerique par M. Le Comte de Paris, Ancien Aide de Camp du General Mac Clellan (McClellan). ... Paris. Michel Levy Freres, Editeurs, Rue Auber, 3, Place de L'Opera. Librairie Novelle, Boulevard des Italiens, 15 au Coin de la Rue de Grammont, M DCCC LXXIV, Tous droits reserves. Premiere et Deuxieme Livraisons Contenant Les Planchers I a IX. |
| List No |
6323.001 |
| Note |
First fascicle. Looseleaf light green paper wraps |
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Vorzet, Ed.Dumas, Le Comte d
Cover #2: Histoire de la Gue
1875
Military Atlas
| Authors |
Vorzet, Ed.Dumas, Le Comte de Paris |
| Full Title |
(Cover #2 to) Histoire de la Guerre Civile en Amerique par M. Le Comte de Paris, Ancien Aide de Camp du General Mac Clellan (McClellan). ... Paris. Michel Levy Freres, Editeurs, Rue Auber, 3, Place de L'Opera. Librairie Novelle, Boulevard des Italiens, 15 au Coin de la Rue de Grammont, M DCCC LXXV, Tous droits reserves. Troisieme et Quatrieme Livraisons Contenant Les Planchers X a XIX. |
| List No |
6323.011 |
| Note |
Second fascicle, third is missing. Looseleaf light green paper wraps |
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Isaacs, John D., Bascom
Title Page: Preliminary Repo
1946
Aerial Photographs, Regional
| Authors |
Isaacs, John D., Bascom |
| Full Title |
(Title Page) Preliminary Report on Harbors, Havens, and Anchorages of the Pacific Coast from San Francisco to the Straits of Juan de Fuca. |
| List No |
6349.002 |
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McGraw-Hill Book Company
Title Page: Man's Domain: A
1968
School Atlas, World Atlas
| Authors |
McGraw-Hill Book Company |
| Full Title |
(Title Page) Man's Domain: A Thematic Atlas of the World. |
| List No |
6350.003 |
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United States Army Service F
Title Page: Atlas of World M
1943
World Atlas
| Authors |
United States Army Service Forces |
| Full Title |
(Title Page) Atlas of World Maps for the Study of Geography in the Army Specialized Training Program. Army Services Forces Manual. M-101. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. November, 1943. (Index Page) Table of Contents. (Text Page) Preface. |
| List No |
6351.002 |
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U.S. Geological Survey, Alph
Title Page: Atlas of Oblique
1988
Geologic Atlas
| Authors |
U.S. Geological Survey, Alpha, Tau Rho, Detterman, Janis S., Morley, James M. |
| Full Title |
(Title Page) Atlas of Oblique Maps, A Collection of Landform Portrayals of Selected Areas of the World. By Tau Rho Alpha, Janis S. Detterman, and James M. Morley. This folio comprises scale-accurate, obliquely viewed maps compiled from 1961-1986 that portray the physiography of selected areas of the ocean floor and continents. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series I-1799. |
| List No |
6353.002 |
| Note |
Illustration of Shepherd Crest, Sierra Nevada, California. |
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U.S. Geological Survey, Alph
Title Page Verso: Preface.
1988
Geologic Atlas
| Authors |
U.S. Geological Survey, Alpha, Tau Rho, Detterman, Janis S., Morley, James M. |
| Full Title |
(Title Page Verso) Department of Interior ... Preface. |
| List No |
6353.003 |
| Note |
Illustration of Half Dome from Stoneman Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California. |
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Götz, Antonín, Československ
Title Page: Atlas Ceskoslove
1966
National Atlas
| Authors |
Götz, Antonín, Československá akademie věd., Czechoslovakia. Ústřední správa geodézie a kartografie. |
| Full Title |
(Title Page) Atlas Ceskoslovenske Socialisticke Republiky. (Atlas of the Czechoslovakian Socialist Republic). |
| List No |
6385.003 |
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World Meteorological Organiz
Title Page: Climatic Atlas o
1979
World Atlas
| Authors |
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) |
| Full Title |
(Title Page) Climatic Atlas of North and Central America. Atlas climatico de America del Norte y America Central. Altas climatique de l'Amerique de Nord et de l'Amerique Centrale. I. Maps of mean temperatures and precipitation ... Technical Supervisor --- Professor F. Steinhauser. OMM - WMO, UNESCO Cartographia. |
| List No |
6386.002 |
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Great Britain. War Office, S
Title: Steven's facsimile of
1782
Separate Map
| Authors |
Great Britain. War Office, Stevens, Benjamin Franklin |
| Full Title |
(Map Title Page to) B.F. Steven's Facsimile of the Unpublished British Head Quarters Coloured Manuscript map of New York & Environs, 1782, Reproduced from the original drawing in the War Office, London. Issued only to subscribers at 4, Trafalgar Square, W.C., London. 1900. Malby and Sons. Engravers. |
| List No |
6403.002 |
| Note |
From the printed advertisement for the map: "BF STEVENS'S Facsimile of the Unpublished British Headquarters Coloured Manuscript Map of New York and Environs 1782. Reproduced from the Original Drawing in the War Office London. 24 sheets Scale 6 1/2 inches to a mile. 10 feet by 4 feet. The successive British Commanders in Chief in America Generals Sir William Howe, Sir Henry Clinton, and Sir Guy Carleton during their respective occupations of New York and Environs in the Revolution caused this manuscript plan from time to time to be kept up. The plan extends from below Guanas Bay to the Heights of Spikendevi, a distance of about eighteen or nineteen miles. It shows the Fortifications, Defenses, Topography, Streets, Roads, etc. of the whole of the Island of New York with the Harbor Islands, Water Ways, and River Frontages on the Hudson and East Rivers, the Military Works on Long Island including Brooklyn, the Works in Paulus Hook and parts of the Jersey Shore. It has a copious Table of References to various works British and American, some of them with notes as to the time of their construction or destruction. The Original Drawing, ten feet by four feet, is on a scale of about six and a half inches to a mile. It is handsomely reproduced for subscribers only in careful facsimile on 24 sheets which can be joined up and mounted like the original as a Wall Map or mounted on linen if desired. It will be issued either mounted on linen to fold in book form with leather slip case 13 x 10 inches or the 24 sheets 22 x 15 inches, each will be supplied in a portfolio. No more than 100 copies are being printed and the engravings are erased as each sheet is printed off. A few extra copies of sheet 8 have been printed so that it can be sent as a specimen on application from intending subscribers. Prices to Subscribers Mounted on linen to fold in book form with leather slip case $30 ne.t Unmounted on 34 sheets in portfolio $25 net. The above prices include delivery to any Public Libra |
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Brockhaus, F.A., Leeder, Ehr
Illustrirter Handatlas.
1863
World Atlas
| Authors |
Brockhaus, F.A., Leeder, Ehrenfried, Leutemann, Heinrich |
| Full Title |
Illustrirter Handatlas fur Freunde der Erdkunde und Zum Gebrauch Beim Unterricht im verein mit Heinrich Leutemann Herausgegeben von Ehrenfried Leeder und Theodor Schade. Zweiundzwanzig Blatter in Stahlstich mit erlauterndem Terte. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus. 1863. |
| List No |
6819.002 |
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Woerl, Joseph Edmund, Herder
Title Page: Karte der Schwei
1831
National Atlas
| Authors |
Woerl, Joseph Edmund, Herder, Bartholomew |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Karte der Schweiz, von Dr. I. Woerl. Lithographie von B. Herder in Freiburg im Breisgau. Mitglied der königl. Academie der Kriegswissenschaften in Schweden, der königl. geographischen Societaeten zu London und Paris, der historischen Gesellschaft zu Freiburg i. B. etc. |
| List No |
6824.002 |
| Note |
Title framed with decorative columns, sample maps, list of cantone, legend, switzerland canton coat of arms, scales and distance tables. |
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Woerl, Joseph Edmund, Herder
Title page: Das Koenigreich
1838
National Atlas
| Authors |
Woerl, Joseph Edmund, Herder, Benjamin |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Das Koenigreich Wuerttemberg Das Grossherzogthum Baden und die Fuurstenthuumer Hohenzollern : entworfen und bearbeitet im Maasstabe 1:200 000 in 12 Blaettern von I.E. Woerl, in Stein gestochen unter seiner Leitung. Eine Abteilung der von Obrist Weiss entworfenen Karte von Suddeutschland. In tiefster ehrfurcht aller untertanigst gewidmet von H. Heder. [Gewidmet] Grosherzog Leopold von Baden. Woerl dir: 1831. Im Herder'schen Kunst-Institut in Freburgn im Breisgan. (at head of title) 1830. |
| List No |
6829.002 |
| Note |
Title framed with decorative illustrations, sample maps, and coat of arms. Maps of southwesterm Germany by Joseph Edmund Woerl, mapmaker in Freiburg 1830-1838. An important document about the road network. Red lithographic stone printing. In 23 parts (20 maps 43x46, a title page with decorative illustrations, sample maps and coat of arms, index sheet, and table) placed in cardboard case 54x64, with title "Woerl Atlas der Wuerttemberg." All the maps are at the same scale (1:200,000) and fit together into either one very large composite of all 48 maps or sub-maps of Switzerland (19 sheets plus title, see our 6824.000), Wurtttemberg (12 sheets including title) and Baden. We do not have all 48 maps but rather 24 in this group and 19 in the Switzerland group (although 3 maps appear in both groups, so our net total maps is 39 of 48). |
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Stieler, Adolf
Title Page: Hand-Atlas uber
1833
World Atlas
| Authors |
Stieler, Adolf |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Hand-Atlas uber alle Theile der Erde, nach dem neuesten Zustande und uber das Weltgebaude, Herausgegeben, und mit Herrn Hofrath C.G. Reichard gemeinschaftlich ausgearbeitet, von Adolf Stieler Hzgl. Sachs. Legationsrath. Grundriss von Gotha, 1823). Gotha bei Justus Perthes. Gest v. Edler in Gotha. (with inset map) Gotha und Umgebung 1823, gest. v. Edler. Gez. v. Bar. |
| List No |
6830.002 |
| Note |
Zero or first edition of Stieler Atlas published 1817-1833 in three versions. 1817-23 (version 0.a), 1823-31 (version 0.b), 1831-33 (version 0.c). Publication went through ten editions from 1816 to 1944. This version published in 2 parts then augmented with two further supplementary installments, through 1833. Most maps have the year of first edition. This edition compromises 90 sheets, dated 1816-1835, including composite index map, and extraordinarily detailed maps and supplements. Maps are copper-plate engravings, hand colored in outline, mounted on cloth backing. Bound in marble papered, half leather covers with no title on cover. Inset map on title page: Gotha und Umgebung 1823, gest. v. Edler. Gez. v. Bar. |
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Deutsche Seewarte
Title Page: Deutsche Seewart
1902
Chart Atlas, Regional Atlas
| Authors |
Deutsche Seewarte |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Deutsche Seewarte. Atlantischer Ozean. Ein atlas von 39 karten, die physikalischen verhaltnisse und die verkehrs-strassen darstellend, mit einer erlauternden einleitung und als beilage zum segelhandbuch fur den Atlantischen Ozean. Zweite Auflage. Herausgegeben von der Direktion. Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co. (Inhaber: Dr. L. Friederichsen.) 1902. |
| List No |
6831.002 |
| Note |
Second edition, 39 color maps and charts. With vi, 9, pages of contents, forward by Dr. von Neumayer, Die Direktion der Deutschen Seewarte, and explanatory remarks to the individual map. Bound in brown card board covers with above title. |
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Black, Adam & Charles
Title Page: Atlas of Austral
1853
Mining Atlas
| Authors |
Black, Adam & Charles |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Atlas of Australia with all the Gold Regions: a series of maps from the latest and best authorities. Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, North Bridge, booksellers and publishers to the Queen. |
| List No |
6833.002 |
| Note |
Atlas, with 6 hand-colored engraved maps (5 double-page, one folded), and publisher's advertisements (dated 1853) at end. Title page includes table of contents. Bound in 33 1/2x25 olive cloth cover, with gilt-blocked map of Australia, and no title on cover. |
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Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805,
Title Page: Topographical De
1776
Exploration Book, Geography
| Authors |
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805, Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756, Gist, Christopher, d. 1750, Almon, John, 1737-1805, Turner, James, d. 1759 |
| Full Title |
(Title page to) A Topographical Description of Such Parts of North America as are Contained in the (Annexed) Map of the Middle British Colonies, in North America. |
| List No |
6901.003 |
| Note |
This work contains an updated version of Lewis Evans' important 1755 "Map of the Middle British Colonies in North America," using the original plate engraved by James Turner with revisions and adding an eastern extension to cover New England, and Pownall's "Topographical Description" which describes the areas contained in the updated map, and six important appendices of writings by explorers in the region plus parts of Evans' original essay on his 1755 edition of the map - I. The account of Capt. Anthony Van Schaick of the ground between the entrance of lake Chaplain at Crown point, and the mouth of Otter creek -- II. Captain Anthony Van Schaik's journal, 1756 -- III. Captain Hobb's account of the way from No. 4. in New Hampshire, to the mouth of Otter creek -- IV. Extracts from the journal of Captain Harry Gordon...who was sent from Fort Pitt...to Illinois, in 1766 -- V. Extract from Mr. Lewis Evans' journal. 1743 -- VI. A journal of Christopher Gist's journey, began from Col. Cresap's at the old town of Potomack river, Maryland, October 31, 1750, continued down the Ohio, within 15 miles of the falls thereof, and from thence to Roanoak river in North Carolina, where he arrived May 19, 1751, undertaken on account of the Ohio company ... This copy of the Pownall belonged to Thomas Streeter (Streeter 826) and includes a rare 8 page prospectus for publishing the work that was printed in November, 1775. Henry Stevens ties this work directly to Evans, saying it "may be described as a new and much enlarged edition of both Evans' Map and his Analysis of 1755." Evans is considered "America's greatest eighteenth century cartographer" by Schwartz and Ehrenberg, and Pownall was hugely accomplished in pre-Revolutionary America, serving as Governor General of Massachusetts and traveling widely in the colonies in various roles in the British colonial administration. Pownall's map is considered the best updated edition of the Evans 1755 map, of the many later copies of Evans that |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 170
Title Page: Petit Atlas Mari
1764
Chart Atlas
| Authors |
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde, en Cinq Volumes. |
| List No |
6903.002 |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 170
Title Page 2: Vol. I. Ameriq
1764
Chart Atlas
| Authors |
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 |
| Full Title |
(Title Page 2 to) Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde Premier Volume Contenant L'Amerique Septentrionale et Isles Antilles. |
| List No |
6903.003 |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 170
Title Page: Vol. 2. L'Ameriq
1764
Chart Atlas
| Authors |
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde. Second Volume. Contentant, L'Amerique Meridionale. et ses Details. |
| List No |
6903.112 |
| Note |
Bellin was an important maker of charts for the French Depot de la Marine. He was born in Paris in 1703 and educated as an engineer. He produced many important charts and published them individually and in compilations. The Neptune Francais was published in 1753 and the Hydrographie Francaise in 1756. His largest and most comprehensive work is the Petit Atlas Maritime with 581 charts (our copy has 582, including the rare "Carte Reduite des Decouvertes des Russe Entre L'Asie et L'Amerique.") that cover the coasts and important port cities of the known world. The Petit Atlas Maritime is probably the best compilation of plans of maritime towns and harbors of its time. Bellin died in Versailles in 1772. According to Tooley, Bellin issued an earlier version of this atlas in 1763 titled Petit Atlas Francois. The Duc de Choiseul provided financial support for the publication of the atlas. J. Arrivet is listed as engraver on the chart index pages and may also have engraved the charts themselves. |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 170
Title Page: Volume 3, Conten
1764
Chart Atlas
| Authors |
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde. Tome III. Contenant, I, L' Asie, II, L' Afrique. Avec les details interessans de ces Deux Parties. M, DCC, LXIV. |
| List No |
6903.209 |
| Note |
Bellin was an important maker of charts for the French Depot de la Marine. He was born in Paris in 1703 and educated as an engineer. He produced many important charts and published them individually and in compilations. The Neptune Francais was published in 1753 and the Hydrographie Francaise in 1756. His largest and most comprehensive work is the Petit Atlas Maritime with 581 charts (our copy has 582, including the rare "Carte Reduite des Decouvertes des Russe Entre L'Asie et L'Amerique.") that cover the coasts and important port cities of the known world. The Petit Atlas Maritime is probably the best compilation of plans of maritime towns and harbors of its time. Bellin died in Versailles in 1772. According to Tooley, Bellin issued an earlier version of this atlas in 1763 titled Petit Atlas Francois. The Duc de Choiseul provided financial support for the publication of the atlas. J. Arrivet is listed as engraver on the chart index pages and may also have engraved the charts themselves. |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 170
Title Page: Volume 3. Second
1764
Chart Atlas
| Authors |
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 |
| Full Title |
(Title page to) Seconde Partie du Tome III, Conmtenant L'Afrique. Avec des Details tant sur La Mer Mediterranee que sur l'Ocean, et Les Isles Qui en Dependent. M.DCC.LXIV. (engraved by) Arrivet. |
| List No |
6903.286 |
| Note |
Volume 3. 2nd part: Continent of Africa. |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 170
Title page: Volume 4. Le Pet
1764
Chart Atlas
| Authors |
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 |
| Full Title |
(Title Pasge to) Le Petit Atlas Maritime Tome IV. Contenat L'Europe, et les Divers Etats qu'elle Renferme Except la France. |
| List No |
6903.344 |
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 170
Title Page: Volume 5. Le Pet
1764
Chart Atlas
| Authors |
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Le Petit Atlas Maritime Tome V. Contenat Les Costes De France et Les Places Maritimes sur l'Ocean et sur la Mediterranee. |
| List No |
6903.481 |
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Southern Pacific Company
Great Sunset Route
1886
Real Estate
| Authors |
Southern Pacific Company |
| Full Title |
The Great Sunset Route. Shortest Line between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans... Boston Agency: 192 Washington Street 192. General Eastern Agency: New York city, 339 Broadway. (with) Map of summer & winter resorts and other places upon and near the Central & Southern Pacific railroads in California. D. Van Vleck S.F. Eng. F.T. Newbery Del. (with catalog) A List of Government And Railroad Lands in California, Open to Preemption or Homestead or to Purchase. Southern Pacific Company, New Orleans to San Francisco Via the Sunset Route. With Complements of the New York General Agency. 339 Broadway. L.H. Nutting, Eastern passenger Agent. E. Hawley, Genl. Eastern Agent. |
| List No |
6918.002 |
| Note |
96 page list of government and railroad lands indexed by parts and sections, with 2 maps inside front and back cover, bound into orange card board cover 23x15. Maps showing the railroad lines between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. " Southern Pacific Company, "Sunset Route" E.E. Currier, New Eng. Agt. 192 Washington Street, Boston Mass." Stamped on title page. |
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Bevan, G. Phillips
Title Page: The Statistical
1882
Statistical Atlas
| Authors |
Bevan, G. Phillips |
| Full Title |
(Title Page) The Statistical Atlas of England, Scotland and Ireland. By G. Phillips Bevan, F.S.S., F.G.S., Etc. Containing 45 Maps with Text. W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh and London, MDCCCLXXXII. |
| List No |
6919.003 |
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W. & A.K. Johnston Limited
Title Page: Victoria Regina
1906
World Atlas
| Authors |
W. & A.K. Johnston Limited |
| Full Title |
(Title Page) The Victoria Regina Atlas, Political, Physical & Astronomical. Containing Two Hundred Plates and Complete Index. Second Edition. W. & A.K. Johnston, Ltd. Established 1825. Edinburgh & London. 1906. |
| List No |
6921.002 |
| Note |
Includes statistics pertaining to the Empire. |
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Conder, C.R. (Claude Reignie
Title: Map of Western Palest
1880
National Atlas
| Authors |
Conder, C.R. (Claude Reignier), Kitchener, H.R. (Horatio Herbert) |
| Full Title |
(Title Page) Map of Western Palestine in 26 Sheets from surveys conducted for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund by Lieutenants C.R. Conder and H.H. Kitchener, R.E. During the Years 1872 - 1877. [Bound with] Map of West Palestine... Special Edition Illustrating The Old Testament, the Apocropha and Josephus... by Trelawney Saunders. [Bound with] Map of West Palestine... Special Edition Illustrating the New Testament also the Talmud and Josephus(after the Birth of Jesus)... [Bound with] Map of West Palestine... Reduced from the One Inch Map. [Bound with] Map of West Palestine... Special Edition Illustrating the Divisions of the Natural Drainage and the Mountain Ranges... by Trelawney Saunders. (Five works bound in in one, (main map) London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1880, (the other maps) London Edward Stanford, 1881-2.) |
| List No |
6930.002 |
| Note |
The "Survey of Western Palestine" covered 6000 square miles and includes the set of these 26 highly detailed maps, and 50 plates supplemented by nine volumes of extensive writings on all aspects of Palestine: Memoirs on the topography, orography, hydrography and archaeology of Galilee, Samaria and Judea (one volume each), Special Papers on topography, archaeology, manners and customs, Jerusalem, Fauna and Flora, Geology, also Arabic and English Name Lists and a complete General Index. The Survey was intended to include at a later date Eastern, Southern and Northern Palestine. In fact only one volume on Eastern Palestine was published, and has been included in a 1997 printing of the survey volumes. This copy is special for several reasons: it is likely the 3rd issue of the 26 sheet map and was printed by Edward Stanford instead of the Ordnance Survey which produced the first two issues earlier in 1880 (information from the reports of the Palestine Exploration Fund found online) and it appears that Stanford used a slightly different printing method, the background color being black instead of the brown tone found in the first two issues. And, bound with this copy are four additional maps of Palestine made by Stanford and based on the 26 sheet survey (two of the additional maps are dated 1881 and 1882 respectively, indicating that this bound volume was issued in 1882). One of the two authors of the survey, Lord Kitchener, later to be the Secretary of State for War and the highest-ranking British officer to be killed in the First World War, spent his early years in the army as a surveyor. He produced two monumental maps: this one of Palestine, on 26 sheets, and a 15-sheet map of Cyprus, published in 1885. Kitchener's Palestine survey was important: not only because it was so accurate that it is are still consulted by archaeologists and geographers, but also because the northern limit of the survey is now the border between Israel and Lebanon. |
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Arrowsmith, Aaron
Covers and Title: Complete N
1803
Chart Atlas
| Authors |
Arrowsmith, Aaron |
| Full Title |
(Covers and Title Label to) Complete Neptune, to Illustrate, by Arrowsmith, The Progress of Maritime Discovery. Part I. (Containing five Charts). |
| List No |
6934.001 |
| Note |
A set of five maps designed to accompany James Stanier Clark's The progress of maritime discovery, from the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century, forming an extensive system of hydrography, originally published in London by Cadell and Davies in 1803. Maps engraved by S. J. Neele. No title page, title from printed label on front cover, imprint from plates. Bound in pale green paper covered boards with a tan label on the front bearing title in black. Front cover loose. |
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