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Author
Brue, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832
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Tableau Comparatif et Figure de La Hauteur des Principales Montagnes et du Cours des Principaux Fleuves due Monde. Paris. Chez J. Goujon & J. Andriveau. 1829. Fleuves graves par Dumortier. Les Montagnes par A. Hocquart. La Lettre par Arnoul. (to accompany) Atlas physique et politique des cinq parties du monde, par H. Brue.
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13565.004
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Unnumbered, supplementary plate. Comparative view and Figure of the Height of the Main Mountains and the Course of the Main Rivers of the World. Beautifully colored with fine graphics and art and closely corresponding statistical tables and extensive annotations.
Author
Andriveau-Goujon, J.
Full Title
Tableau Comparatif et Figure de La Hauteur des Principales Montagnes et du Cours des Principaux Fleuves due Monde. Paris. Chez J. Goujon & J. Andriveau. Geographes - Editeurs. Rue du Bac, No. 6, Pres le Pont Royal. 1829. Fleuves graves par Dumortier. Les Montagnes par A. Hocquart. La Lettre par Arnoul. (to accompany) Atlas de choix ou Recueil de cartes de geographie ancienne et moderne.
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11124.045
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Comparative mountains and rivers charts, a convention developed in the 19th century. Beautifully colored with fine graphics and art and closely corresponding statistical tables. It presents an appealing balance in different colors. Extensive annotations on vegetation, volcanic activity, and lichen, no doubt derived from Humboldt. Of course, due to the early date, the geographical data does not reflect many later discoveries.
Author
Marmocchi, Francesco Constantino, 1805-1858
Full Title
Geografia Fisica. Orografia comparata, o specchio delle principali montagne del globo, paragonate per la loro altezza. (to accompany) Atlante di geografia universale ... Di F.C. Marmocchi. Firenze : per Vincenzo Batelli e Compagni 1842.
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11713.053
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Colored pictorial folded map. Shows comparative heights of world's major mountains, by region and by continent. Includes 9 views of the mountains at the top.
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Full Title
Mountains. Drawn & Engraved by John Emslie. London. Published by James Reynolds, 174, Strand. (to accompany) Reynolds introduction to natural philosophy.
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13033.032
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Hand colored engraved view of the comparative heights of mountains and volcanoes from around the world. Includes list of mountains and volcanoes beneath the view.
Author
[McKenzie, D., Thomson, John]
Full Title
A comparative view of the heights of the principal mountains of Scotland. (with) View of the Grampian Mountains, being a specimen of the formation of that range. Drawn by D. McKenzie S.A. Engd. by W.H. Lizars. Published by John Thomson, Edinburgh, 1831. (1832)
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5748.001
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Hand colored engraved view with inset. Vertical scale ca. 1:5,000.
Author
Smith, C.
Full Title
Comparative View of the Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World. London, Published by C. Smith Mapseller No. 172 Strand, Oct. 1st.1817. The Hills &c. by Palmer_The Writing by Gardner.
List No
6932.000
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The rivers have been necessarily straightened to indicate the lengths of the rivers. The compass orientation of the flowing stream is indicated by small north-pointing arrows periodically drawn adjacent to the stream. Includes table of the Length of Rivers in British Miles. A textual description of the rivers accompanies the illustration; it describes the course of the Missouri River, "recently explored by the Americans" (Lewis and Clark), as being "extremely devious". Beautiful color.
Author
Smith, C.
Full Title
Comparative View of the Heights of the Principal Mountains &c. in the World. London, Published by C. Smith Mapseller, No.172 Strand, Augt. 1st. 1816. Gardner, Sculpt. (Third Edition)
List No
6933.000
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Third edition. A colorful rendering of comparative mountain heights worldwide, although separated into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Other aspects of the illustration (with the exception of showing volcanoes) appear to be fanciful. Substantially more taller mountains than an earlier edition (see our although dates uncertain because the date of 1816 is the same. The peaks are listed, each with a unique number which can be matched up with the numbers at the top and bottom of the illustration. By making a line between the numbers, the corresponding peak is intersected. Latitudes, sources, and altitudes also listed.
Author
Moule, Thomas
Full Title
A comparative view of some of the principal hills in Great Britain. " Hills peep o"er Hills and Alps o"er Alps arise". (by Thomas Moule).
List No
8005.000
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Comparative engraved view of the mountains and hills throughout Great Britain, by Thomas Moule, which appeared in Barclays Complete and Universal English Dictionary ( London: G. Virtue, 1841-1848), with Salisbury Spire, St. Paul's Cathedral and Greenwich Observatory are shown in comparison to the hills and mountain toward the center bottom, emphasizing the magnitude of nature over the achievements of mankind. Intriguingly, Ben Macdui, and not Ben Nevis, is shown as being the highest mountain in Great Britain.
Author
C. Smith & Son
Full Title
A Comparative Picture of the Principal Waterfalls in the World. London. C. smith & Son. 172 Strand. 1836.
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8006.000
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Probably one of the earliest comparative view of the world's waterfalls in color. With waterfalls strategically arranged for comparison from Europe and Africa to Americas. The highest shown is "Cataract of Gavarny (Pyrenees)", and the lowest is the "Last cataract of the Nile". Includes remarks, and notes.
Author
[Gelpke, August Heinrich Christian, 1769-1842., Mechel, Christian von, 1737-1817]
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Tableau des hateurs principales du Globe, Tableau des Hauteurs Principales du Globe, fonde sur les Mesures les plus exactes, et publie a Berlin par Chr. de Michel en 1806. (to accompany) Allgemeine Darstellung der Oberflachen der Weltkorper unseres Sonnengebietes ... Von D. August Heinrich Christian Gelpke. Leipzig, bei Gerhard Fleischer dem Jungern, 1811.
List No
13249.007
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Comparative colored chart of mountain heights in different regions of the Earth, with special emphasis on mountains in Europe, in particular the Alps. The Himalayas are absent, and the tallest mountain depicted is Chimborazo, which is part of the Andes. A note mentions that the elevation was recorded by von Humboldt in 1802.
Author
[Dower, John, Teesdale, Henry]
Full Title
A Comparative View of the Heights of the Principal Mountains and Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World. Drawn & engraved by J. Dower. London, Published by Henry Teesdale & Co. (to accompany) A New General Atlas of the World, from Drawings made Expressly for this Work, By John Dower.
List No
3326.049
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Hand color view. A comparative diagram showing river lengths and mountain heights. Names, locations, lengths, and heights included. Selected cities also shown. Include reference to the mountains of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, and alphabetical index.
Author
[Goethe, Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859]
Full Title
(View) Esquisse des Principales Hauters des Deux Continens.
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12100.011
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This is the earliest comparative heights of mountains that we have seen. It is one of the 30 additional maps added by an owner to the atlas.
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Full Title
Mountains. Drawn and engraved by John Emslie. London. Published by James Reynolds 174 Strand. (to accompany) Geological Diagrams.
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3431.005
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Hand colored engraved view of the comparative heights of mountains and volcanoes from around the world. Includes list of mountains and volcanoes: Ben Nevis, Snowdon, Skiddaw and Cader Idris along with landmarks such as the Dover castle and Greenwich observatories. In Europe, several mountains from the Pyranees and Alps are shown as well as others from Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Rusia. Africa, North and South American Mountains, inlcuding the Andes are also shown. The volcanoes depicted include Mount Etna and Vesuvius and several from Quito.
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Full Title
Panoramic plan of the principal rivers and lakes. Drawn and engraved by John Emslie. London. Published by James Reynolds 174 Strand. (to accompany) Geological Diagrams.
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3431.006
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Hand colored engraved view of the comparative length of the world's rivers and size of the lakes. include: Danube, Rhine, Nile, and Amazon, are placed side by side so as to demonstrate their comparative lengths and are surrounded by lakes including the Dead Sea, the Caspian Sea, and Geneva and Michigan lakes. Includes List of rivers and lakes.
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Full Title
Principal eminences of the British Islands. London, Published by James Reynolds 174 Strand. March 3, 1852. Drawn and engraved by John Ernslie. (to accompany) Geological Diagrams.
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0848.002
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Engraved color view by John Emslie illustrating Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike, the highest mountains in Scotland, Wales and England respectively, as well as the heights of other significant locations in the British Isles. Includes notes: "The smaller figures denote the geological formations of the hills".
Author
Lothian, John
Full Title
(View) Comparative View of the Principal Mountains and Rivers in the World.
List No
5161.008
Full Title
Carte des principales montagnes du globe. Hauteur comparative des principales montagnes du globe. Fonderie et Imprimerie de J. Carez. (1825)
List No
0102.055
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Engraved view. Includes keys with elevations at sides and bottom.
Author
Cornell, S. S. (Sarah S.)
Full Title
The World, showing its great river systems. Designed to accompany Cornell's High school geography. (with Lengths of rivers, heights of mountains). Engraved by Geo. Rae Smith, N.Y.. Entered ... 1856, by S.S. Cornell ... Southern District of New York. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 443 & 445 Broadway. (1864)
List No
0197.001
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Engraved double hemisphere map. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures.
Author
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title
Comparative views of remarkable geological phenomena by A.K. Johnston, F.R.G.S. Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London. (1856)
List No
0372.012
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Hand col. lithograph. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Contents: Plan of the volcanoes of Pichincha and Antisana surveyed by A. von Humboldt. Scale 1:200,000 -- Plans of the craters of Vesuvius and Etna by H. Abich, 1834. Scale 1:20,000 -- Physical map of the island of Teneriffe, by Leopold von Buch. Scale 1:550,000 -- Southern view of Etna from M.P.O. near Catania by W.S. Waltershausen -- View of the summit of the peak of Teneriffe and of the crater of elevation which surrounds it, from the east, by Leopold von Buch -- Chart of South Keeling Islands surveyed by the officers of H.M.S. Beagle. Scale 1:200,000 -- Chart of Ascension Island, surveyed by Lieutenant Campbell, R.N. Scale [1:200,000] -- View of Ascension Island from the mountain road -- Plan of the Crater of Cedee in the island of Java trigonometrically surveyed by Dr. Salomon Muller, 1836. Scale 1:20,000 -- Plan of Graham Island by Capt. C.H. Swinburne, 1831. Scale 1:20,000 -- Comparative view of the elevation of the principal active volcanoes on the globe -- Plan of Arthurs Seat, from an original survey. Scale 1:20,000. -- Samson's Ribs. "Geology no. 11."
Author
Lizars, Daniel
Full Title
Table of mountain chains: together with the altitudes of their principal summits. (with view) Culminating points & mean height of the principal chains of mountains of Europe, America & Asia, with the lower limit of perpetual snow in different latitudes. (Published by D. Lizars, Edinburgh. 1831?)
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0436D
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Top half of table.
Author
Lizars, Daniel
Full Title
Table of mountain chains: together with the altitudes of their principal summits. (Published by D. Lizars, Edinburgh. 1831?)
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0436E
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Bottom half of table.
Author
Lizars, William Home, 1788-1859
Full Title
(Text Page to) Table of mountain chains: together with the altitudes of their principal summits. (with view) Culminating points & mean height of the principal chains of mountains of Europe, America & Asia, with the lower limit of perpetual snow in different latitudes. (to accompany) Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas ... 1841.
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0438.081
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Double page engraved text with view.
Author
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Full Title
Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World. Heights of the Principal Mountains in the World. F. Humphrys. Sculpt.
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0545.002
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Printed in full color with charts listing mountain heights and river lengths. Number "72" from upper right corner of the plate.
Author
Thomson, John
Full Title
A comparative view of the heights of the principal mountains and other elevations in the World. Drawn & engraved for Thomson's New general atlas by W. & D. Lizars, Edinburgh. (1817)
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1007.001
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Engraved view. Includes vertical scale with names of heights.
Author
Gebauer, E.
Full Title
Umschau vom Hochwald-Turme 769 m. Herausgegeben vom Verein "Globus" Zittau. Nach der Natur aufgenommen v. E. Gebauer. (on verso) Karte von Oybin-Jonsdorf.
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11545.001
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uncolored lithograph panorama view of Zittau Mountains from the Hockwald tower on sheet 34x32.5, folded to 17x10.5. Published by the Globus Club. Showing the area from south of Saxonia to the Czech mountains, a varied hilly landscape, sandstone formations, volcanic peaks, picturesque valleys and rock formations. The tower was built in 1892 later a house was built next to it. Both buildings were sponsored by the Globus club from Zittau. The Panorama printed in various versions through the years around 1900. On verso a relief color map of the Oybin-Jonsdorf with the inset of continuation map. Relief shown by shadings, hachures and spot heights. Map shows country boundaries, place names, villages, trails, and roads. The map was sold to the tourist at the popular hill for hiking on today's Czech and Saxonian border in Germany.
Author
Gebauer, E.
Full Title
Umschau vom Hochwald-Turme 769 m. Herausgegeben vom Verein "Globus" Zittau. Nach der Natur aufgenommen v. E. Gebauer. Lith. Anst. v. Reinhold Groeger in Zittau. (on verso) Karte von Oybin-Jonsdorf.
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11546.001
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Color lithograph panorama view of Zittau Mountains from the Hockwald tower on sheet 34x32.5, folded to 17x10.5. Published by the Globus Club and Reinhold Groeger. Showing the area from south of Saxonia to the Czech mountains, a varied hilly landscape, sandstone formations, volcanic peaks, picturesque valleys and rock formations. The tower was built in 1892 later a house was built next to it. Both buildings were sponsored by the Globus club from Zittau. The Panorama printed in various versions through the years around 1900. On verso a relief color map of the Oybin-Jonsdorf with the inset of continuation map. Relief shown by contours, shadings, hachures and spot heights. Map shows country boundaries, place names, villages, trails, and roads. The map was sold to the tourist at the popular hill for hiking on today's Czech and Saxonian border in Germany.
Author
Slovenian Mountaineering Association
Full Title
Razgled z Urslje Gore (Plesivca). Zalozila Prodruznica S.P.D. za Mezisko dolino v Prevaljah.
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11645.000
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Circular panoramic view from the Urslje mountains, Slovenia, on sheet 45x44.5. Showing the eastern peak of the Karawanks. Published by Slovenian mountaineering Association in Meziska dolina in Pravalje. Relief shown pictorially and by shadings. Includes compass rose at the center, place names and mountain heights around the view. Date estimated.
Author
Meyer, Joseph, 1796-1856
Full Title
Vergleichende Ubersicht bekannter Hohen und Orte der Erde uber der Meeres-Flache. Stich, Druck und verlag der geographischen Anstalt des Bibliographischen Instituts zu Hildburghausen. (in upper margin) Meyer's Zeitung Atlas. No. 56. (to accompany) Neuester Zeitungs-Atlas fur Alte und Neue Erdkunde. Herausgegeben von J. Meyer.
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11652.111
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Engraved uncolored comparative view of the known peaks and places of the earth above the sea surface. Text under the view identifies name and elevation of the various peaks.
Author
Meyer, Joseph, 1796-1856
Full Title
Vergleichende Ubersicht der bedeutendsten stromlangen. (in upper margin) Meyer's Zeitung Atlas. No. 104. (to accompany) Neuester Zeitungs-Atlas fur Alte und Neue Erdkunde. Herausgegeben von J. Meyer.
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11652.112
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Engraved uncolored comparative view of the known Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World.
Author
Hoquart, A.
Full Title
(View) Table Comparatif et Figure de la Hauteur des Principales Montagnes et du Cours des Principaux Fleuves du Monde.
List No
12050.069
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Date estimated; based on newest map sheet in atlas, 1854.
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Full Title
Principal eminences of the British Islands. Drawn & Engraved by John Emslie. London. Published by James Reynolds, 174, Strand. March 3, 1852. (to accompany) Reynolds introduction to natural philosophy.
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13033.033
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Hand colored engraved view of the highest mountains in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, as well as the heights of other significant locations in the British Isles. Includes notes: "The smaller figures denote the geological formations of the hills" and landmarks.
Author
Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671.
Full Title
(Text Page to) Das vierdte Buch: Der newen Persianischen Reise Beschreibung : handelt von der Reise aus Muscow nach Persien. (to accompany) Adam Olearius, Ausfuhrliche Beschreibung Der kundbaren Reyse Nach Muscow und Persien, Schlesswig : Johan Holwein, im Jahr M DC LXIII = 1663.
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13423.232
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Continues: Descriptive text to the 4th. book, with engraved view of Diwiza Gora Jungferberg.
Author
Bromme, Traugott
Full Title
24. Die bedeutendsten Hohen Deutschlands und der Schweiz. Entworfen von Tr. Bromme. Ausgefuhrt v. E. Winckelmann. Stuttgart. Verlag von Krais & Hoffman. (to accompany) Atlas zur Physik der Welt. (with second title page) Atlas zu Alex. v. Humboldt's Kosmos ... Bromme. (with 2 cross setions)
List No
1615.029
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Full color. Showing comparative mountain heights in Germany and Switzerland. Includes tables and notes. Relief shown by hachures and spothights.
Author
[Andriveau-Goujon, J., Bruguiere, Louis]
Full Title
Tableau comparatif de la forme et de la hauteur des principales montagnes du globe terrestre, dedie a Monsieur le Baron, Alexdre. de Humboldt. A Paris, chez J. Andriveau-Goujon, Rue du Bac, no. 17. Par son tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur Louis Bruguiere. Grave par Ambroise Tardieu. (1850)
List No
2486.043
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Hand col. Vertical scale noted above. Scale and key on sides. "Atlas universel, no. 44."
Author
Bradford, Thomas G.
Full Title
Comparative heights of mountains. (to accompany) A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford. William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New-York. Entered ... 1835, by Thos. G. Bradford ... Massachusetts.
List No
2643.012
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Map is outline hand color coded by location of mountains. Shows comparative mountain heights and volcanoes worldwide. Includes notes.
Author
Bradford, Thomas G.
Full Title
Comparative lengths of rivers. (inset) Distribution of vegetables, and snow line. (to accompany) A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford. William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New-York. Entered ... 1835, by Thos. G. Bradford ... Massachusetts.
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2643.015
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View showing the comparative Lengths of the Principal Rivers in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The rivers have been necessarily straightened to indicate the lengths of the rivers. Inset showing comparative heights of mountains, snow level, and distribution of vegetation in each zone.
Author
[Dower, John Nicaragua, Teesdale, Henry]
Full Title
A Comparative View of the Heights of the Principal Mountains and Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World. London: Published by Henry Teesdale & Co. Drawn & Engraved by J. Dower, Pentonville, London. (1844)
List No
2745.046
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Engraved. Comparative artful diagram showing dozens of river lengths and mountain heights. Names, locations, lengths, and heights included. Selected cities also shown.
Author
Fenner, Rest.
Full Title
A comparative view of the heights of the principal mountains and lengths of the principal rivers of the World. Fenner Sc., Paternoster Row. (London, Joseph Thomas, 1835)
List No
3362.071
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Engraved map and illustration. Hand colored.
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Full Title
Waterfalls. Drawn and engraved by John Emslie, 1846. London. Published by James Reynolds 174 Strand. Reeves & Sons. Rocks & Co. Peacock & Mansfield. (to accompany) Geological Diagrams.
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3431.007
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Hand colored engraved comparative view of the Principal Waterfalls in the World, arranged for comparison from Europe and Africa to Americas, with text on verso. The highest shown is "Cataract of Gavarny (Pyrenees)", and the lowest is the "Last cataract of the Nile". Includes list of waterfalls of the world and notes.
Author
[Barbie du Bocage, J.G., Dufour, Auguste-Henri (1798-1865)]
Full Title
(View) Hauteur au Dessus de la Mer, des Points les Plus Eleves ses Princip les. Chaines de Montagnes.
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3771.004
Author
Paz Soldan, Mariano Felipe, 1821-1886
Full Title
Cuadro general de alturas comparativas del Peru. Paz Soldan. Geografia del Peru. F. Delamare, 1865 Paris. Paris, Imp. Monrocq, Rue Suger 3. (Paris: Libreria de Augusto Durand, 1865)
List No
4363.067
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Lithographed drawing in black and sepia.
Full Title
Comparative lengths of the principal rivers throughout the World. Comparative view of mountains. (1829)
List No
4493.001
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Uncolored engraved map and illustration. Inside front cover.
Author
Meyer, Joseph, 1796-1856
Full Title
Vergleichende Ubersicht bekannter Hohen und Orte der Erde uber der Meeres-Flache. Stich, Druck und verlag der geographischen Anstalt des Bibliographischen Instituts ... (In upper margin) Meyer's Groschen Atlas. (to accompany: Meyer's Zeitungs und Groschen Atlas aller Lander und Staaten der Erde).
List No
4808.041
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Comparative View of the Heights of the Principal Mountains in the World above the sea-surface. Text under the view identifies name and elevation of the various peaks.
Author
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Full Title
(Frontispiece) Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World. Heights of the Principal Mountains in the World.
List No
4835.003
Note
Includes tables of lengths of rivers and heights of mountains.
Full Title
Comparative heights of mountains. (Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1826)
List No
5032.009
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Engraved chart. Hand colored. Vertical scale 1:60,000.
Full Title
Table of the comparative heights of the principal mountains &c. in the World. (Written and engraved by Jos. Perkins. 1845)
List No
5745.001
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Engraved view. Includes vertical scale. Mountains identified by number with key.
Author
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Full Title
Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World. Heights of the Principal Mountains in the World. F. Humphrys, Sculpt. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by Charles Desilver in the Clerk's office if the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. (to accompany) A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics Of The World. 1859.
List No
8065.002
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Full color view, showing length of rivers and receiving water bodies, and comparative height of mountains in the world. Includes list of relative mountain heights as grouped by continent, given with corresponding number on mountain ranges.
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