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Turner, Stanley …
Dated Events. O …
1944
Separate Map
Authors Turner, Stanley, Petersen, C.C.
Full Title Dated Events. On To Tokyo. Map of the Pacific and the Far East. Stanley Turner, 44. Copyright, Canada and U.S.A., 1944, C.C. Petersen, Publishing and Advertising, Toronto, Canada. Seventh Edition.
List No 6828.000
Note Color map, seventh edition, showing the latest activity in the Pacific Arena. On sheet 51x 66, folded as issued. Date of 1944 in marker at lower left corner. Note below title: "With this invasion map you will be able to follow the progress of the Allied armies on their way to smash Japan ..." Legend includes: American, British, Russian and Japanese Naval Bases are shown, land areas are colored to show countries under Anglo-American control, those retaken from Japan, and those under Japanese control. A fascinating map packed with information on battle dates and illustrations. Relief shown pictorially. From the collection of John Oram.
Hotan, 1654-173 …
Nanzenbushu ban …
1710
Case Map
Authors Hotan, 1654-1738
Full Title Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Rokashi. Hoei 7 (1710)
List No 5763.001
Note Wood block print. Hand colored. In Japanese. Shows the world based on Buddhist literature from India and China. This map is based on a Buddhist conceptual view of the world with India at the center, yet it includes contemporary European geographical knowledge -- Europe is shown as a group of islands in the upper left corner and South America is is an island in the ocean south of Japan on the right side. The map has many place names in Asia not found on European maps of the period. In the center of the map in the Himalayan Mountains is a quadruple helix symbolizing the origins of the four great rivers of the region (the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Sutlej rivers) emanating from the heads of a horse, a lion, an elephant, and an ox. This is the site of the present day Lake Manasarovar, the highest fresh water lake in the world. "A land bridge connects China to an unnamed continent in the upper right corner ..."--Cortazzi. Relief shown pictorially. Bibliography. Title in Nihon kohan chizu shusei: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Folded in cover 24x19. Has annotations in red ink.
Brockhaus, F.A. …
Asien.
1863
World Atlas
Authors Brockhaus, F.A., Leeder, Ehrenfried, Leutemann, Heinrich
Full Title Asien.
List No 6819.050
Note Lavishly illustrated around margins of map with high quality vignettes of animals, structures and people. Relief shown in hachures.
Arrowsmith, Aar …
Asia
1801
Case Map
Authors Arrowsmith, Aaron
Full Title Asia. To Major James Rennell, Esq.r F.R.S. &c. &c. This Map is Inscribed, by His much Obliged Humble Servant A. Arrowsmith. London: Published Janry 1st. 1801 by A. Arrowsmith No. 24 Rathbone Place.
List No 6907.001
Note A large and superbly detailed antique map of Asia, marking the routes of the explorers. It is a significant advance on other maps of the period, incorporating the work of surveyors like James Rennell, to whom the map was dedicated. Rennell was surveyor-general of the East India Company's dominions in Bengal and the information published in his 'Bengal Atlas' in 1779 appears here. Arrowsmith has also included topographical detail like mountain ranges in remarkable detail in regions as remote as Tibet.
Smiley, Thomas …
Asia.
1842
School Atlas
Authors Smiley, Thomas T.
Full Title Asia. Engraved by E.F. Woodward.
List No 0902.010
Note In full color by country. Vignette of a woman with coffee and tea plants.
Adams, Daniel
Asia.
1819
School Atlas
Authors Adams, Daniel
Full Title Asia. (Published by Lincoln & Edmands, 1819)
List No 0004.007
Note Uncolored engraved map. Relief shown by hachures.
Adams, Daniel
British Isles, …
1832
School Atlas
Authors Adams, Daniel
Full Title British Isles. Asia. H. Morse Sc. Published by Lincoln & Edmands, Boston. (1832)
List No 0006.008
Note Two engraved maps on 1 sheet. Outline hand col. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset of Shetland Isles.
Arrowsmith, Aar …
Asia.
1812
World Atlas
Authors Arrowsmith, Aaron, Lewis, Samuel
Full Title Asia. (Boston: Published by Thomas & Andrews. 1812)
List No 0028.020
Note Engraved map, uncolored. Relief shown by hachures.
Arrowsmith, Joh …
Asia.
1832
World Atlas
Authors Arrowsmith, John
Full Title Asia, by J. Arrowsmith. London, pubd. 15 Feby. 1832 by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand.
List No 0036.027
Note Engraved map. Hand colored boundaries. Relief shown by hachures.
Arrowsmith, Joh …
Central Asia.
1834
World Atlas
Authors Arrowsmith, John, Burnes, Alexander, Sir.
Full Title Central Asia, comprising Bokhara, Cabool, Persia, the River Indus, & countries eastward of it. Constructed from numerous authentic documents, but principally from the original M.S. surveys of Lieut. Alex. Burnes, F.R.S. to whom this map is most respectfully dedicated, by his obliged servant, J. Arrowsmith. June 1834. London, pubd. 16 June by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand.
List No 0036.029
Note Engraved map. Hand colored boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Shows routes of Alexander Burnes. Eastern portion is a past-on on printed on thin paper.
Arrowsmith, Joh …
N. Asia.
1832
World Atlas
Authors Arrowsmith, John
Full Title Northern Asia, from the Himalaya Mountains to the Arctic Ocean, by J. Arrowsmith. (London, pubd. 1832? by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex) Street, Strand.
List No 0036.033
Note Engraved map. Hand colored boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Left section of the map has a panel tipped in showing Tibet (obscures most of imprint)
Arrowsmith, Joh …
Asiatic Archipe …
1832
World Atlas
Authors Arrowsmith, John
Full Title Asiatic Archipelago, by J. Arrowsmith. London, pubd. 15 Feby. 1832 by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand.
List No 0036.034
Note Engraved map. Hand colored boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Note discusses the possession of the Island of Singapore by the British. Second note below the island of Lombock states, "Volcano of Tumbora in Sumbawa Island. A tremendous eruption of this Vol. exceeding any thing (sic) on record of the same nature, took place, April 1815...(240 miles West of the Vol.) ashes fell to the depth of 8 inches."
Brue, Adrien Hu …
L'Asie.
1820
World Atlas
Authors Brue, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832
Full Title Carte generale de l'Asie, par A.H. Brue, Geographe de S.A.R. Monsieur. A Paris, Chez l'Auteur, rue des Macons-Sorbonne, no. 9, et chez les principaux marchands de geographie. Janvier 1820.
List No 0096.042
Note Hand colored engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris.
Brue, Adrien Hu …
Turquie d'Asie, …
1826
World Atlas
Authors Brue, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832
Full Title Carte generale de la Turquie d'Asie, de la Perse, de l'Arabie, du Caboul et du Turkestan Independant. Par A. Brue, Geographe du Roi. A Paris, Chez l'Auteur, rue des Macons-Sorbonne, no. 9, et chez les principaux marchands de geographie. Xbre 1822. Revue en 1826.
List No 0096.044
Note Hand colored engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris.
Brue, Adrien Hu …
Carte generale …
1821
World Atlas
Authors Brue, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832
Full Title Carte generale des Indes en-deca et au-dela du Gange, par A.H. Brue, Geographe de S.A.R. Monsieur. A Paris, Chez l'Auteur, rue des Macons-Sorbonne, no. 9, et chez les principaux marchands de geographie. Juin 1821.
List No 0096.045
Note Hand colored engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris.
Carey, Mathew
Asia.
1825
School Atlas
Authors Carey, Mathew
Full Title Asia. Philad., Published by M. Carey & Son, 1820. (1825)
List No 0124.010
Note Engraved map. Relief shown pictorially.
Colton, G.W.
Asia.
1856
World Atlas
Authors Colton, G.W.
Full Title Asia. Published By J.H. Colton & Co. No. 172 William St. New York. Entered ... 1856 by J.H. Colton & Co. ... New York. No. 24.
List No 0149.091
Note In full color by country or region.
Colton, G.W.
Russia.
1865
World Atlas
Authors Colton, G.W.
Full Title Russia. Published By J. H. Colton. No. 172 William St. New York.
List No 0151.085
Note Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
Colton, G.W.
Asia.
1865
World Atlas
Authors Colton, G.W.
Full Title Colton's Asia. Published By J. H. Colton. No. 172 William St. New York.
List No 0151.096
Note Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
Colton, G.W.
Territory of Al …
1869
World Atlas
Authors Colton, G.W.
Full Title Colton's Map of the Territory of Alaska (Russian America) Ceded by Russian to the United States. (inset) Diagram of the Middle States and North America. Published by G. W & C. B. Colton & Co., No. 172 William St. New York.
List No 0152.017
Note Prime meridian is Greenwich. Relief shown by hachures. Includes Isothermal lines by Lorin Blodget.
Colton, G.W.
Asia.
1869
World Atlas
Authors Colton, G.W.
Full Title Colton's Asia. Published By G. W & C. B. Colton & Co. No. 172 William St. New York.
List No 0152.098
Note Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D. C.
Colton, G.W.
Turkey in Asia …
1869
World Atlas
Authors Colton, G.W.
Full Title Colton's Turkey in Asia and the Caucasian Provinces of Russia. Published By G. W & C. B. Colton & Co. No. 172 William St. New York.
List No 0152.099
Note Prime meridian is Washington D. C.
Cornell, S. S. …
Asia.
1864
School Atlas
Authors Cornell, S. S. (Sarah S.)
Full Title Asia. Designed to accompany Cornell's High school geography. Entered ... 1855, by S.S. Cornell ... Southern District of New York. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 443 & 445 Broadway. (1864)
List No 0197.023
Note Engraved map. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
La Perouse, Jea …
Cotes, l'Ameriq …
1828
Chart Atlas
Authors La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788
Full Title Carte des cotes de l'Amerique et de l'Asie depuis la Californie jusqu'a Macao, d'apres les decouvertes faites en 1787 et 1787 par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe. P.F. Tardieu sculp. Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse no. 15. (Paris: Depot-general de la Marine, 1828)
List No 0233.003
Note Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Shows route of La Perouse. Prime meridian: Paris. No. 288, 2.
Finley, Anthony
Asia.
1831
Classical Atlas …
Authors Finley, Anthony
Full Title Asia. Published by A. Finley Philada. Young & Delleker Sc.
List No 0285.052
Note Full color by country.
Finley, Anthony
Terra Veteribus …
1831
Classical Atlas …
Authors Finley, Anthony
Full Title Terra Veteribus Nota. Thackara Sculpt. Published by A. Finley Philada. 1827.
List No 0285.063
Note In full color by area.
Finley, Anthony
Orientis Tabula …
1831
Classical Atlas …
Authors Finley, Anthony
Full Title Orientis Tabula. J. Vallance fc. Published by A. Finley Philada. 1827.
List No 0285.065
Note Regions in full color.
Finley, Anthony
Asia Minor Anti …
1831
Classical Atlas …
Authors Finley, Anthony
Full Title Asia Minor Antiqua. P.E. Hamm Sc. Published by A. Finley Philada. 1827.
List No 0285.066
Note In full color by region.
Finley, Anthony
State of Nation …
1831
Classical Atlas …
Authors Finley, Anthony
Full Title State of Nations at the Christian aera From Pinkerton on the Goths. Published by A. Finley Philada. 1827.
List No 0285.071
Note In two color with a dividing line stating: "On the north of the Line the Ancients placed the Scythic Ocean: on the East, the Eoan."
Finley, Anthony
Historical Char …
1831
Classical Atlas …
Authors Finley, Anthony
Full Title An Historical Chart representing in a Chronological Series the Rise Revolutions & Fall of the principal Empires of the World ... J. Vallance fc. Published by A. Finley Philada. 1827. (with) inset map of Romani Imperii &c Typus.
List No 0285.072
Note Detailed full color chart showing the history of the Empires from 2300 B.C. to 1800 A.D. Small map is also in full color. Chart has lengthy explanation included.
Fitch, George W …
Asia.
1850
School Atlas
Authors Fitch, George W., Lampson, Mary E.
Full Title Asia. Drawn by (to be filled in. By George W. Fitch. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, 115 Nassau Street. Entered ... 1850, by Huntington and Savage ... New York)
List No 0289.012
Note Printed map form with title, grid lines and numbers or "mapping plate." Map data added including relief by hachures in pen-and-ink by Mary E. Lampson. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Gaultier, abbe …
Plain map Asia.
1797
School Atlas
Authors Gaultier, abbe (Aloisius Edouard Camille), 1746?-1818, Wauthier, J. M.
Full Title A plain map of Asia, according to the method of the Abbe Gaultier. By Mr. Wauthier, his pupil, 1797.
List No 0294.007
Note Engraved map. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Outline map showing unnamed countries, rivers, mountains, cities, etc. Prime meridian: Ferro.
Gaultier, abbe …
Asia.
1799
School Atlas
Authors Gaultier, abbe (Aloisius Edouard Camille), 1746?-1818, Wauthier, J. M.
Full Title A map of Asia according to the method of the Abbe Gaultier. By Mr. Wauthier, his pupil, 1799.
List No 0294.008
Note Engraved map. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows countries, rivers, mountains, cities, water bodies, etc. Prime meridian: Ferro.
Gibson, John, B …
Asia
1758
World Atlas
Authors Gibson, John, Bowen, Emanuel
Full Title Asia. (to accompany) Atlas Minimus or a New Set of Pocket Maps of the Several Empires, Kingdoms and States of the Known World, with Historical Extracts relative to each. Drawn and Engraved by J. Gibson from the Best Authorities, Revis'd, Corrected and Improv'd by Eman: Bowen Geographer to His Majesty.
List No 0300.007
Note This page includes Outline color map of the world and text. First edition. The "Historical Extracts" are short bits of text printed on the maps giving relevant geographical information. A revised edition was published in London in 1792. In 1759, another edition was published adding separate geographical descriptions and correcting some of the maps (see our copy). The Philadelphia 1798 edition by Mathew Carey incorporates the 1759 edition text word for word (excepting the maps of United States which Carey omits in favor of his pocket atlas of the U.S.). Gibson and Bowen made the four sheet map of North America (Stevens 49), and Gibson made the four sheet map of America (Stevens 3).
Grigg, John
Asia.
1830
School Atlas
Authors Grigg, John
Full Title Asia. J.H. Young Sc. (Philadelphia: John Grigg, No. 9 North Fourth Street. 1830)
List No 0315.018
Note Engraved map. Full hand color. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Johnson, A.J.
Asia
1864
World Atlas
Authors Johnson, A.J.
Full Title Johnson's Asia By Johnson And Ward.
List No 0352.061
Note Full color map. With heavy outline color. Shows cities and towns, rivers and roads. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C.
Johnson, A.J.
Asia.
1870
World Atlas
Authors Johnson, A.J.
Full Title Johnson's Asia. Entered ... 1867.
List No 0358.064
Johnston, A. Ke …
Mountains, Tabl …
1852
Physical Atlas
Authors Johnston, A. Keith
Full Title The Mountains, Table Lands, Plains & Valleys of Asia ....
List No 0370.014
Johnston, Alexa …
Physical Europe …
1856
Physical Atlas
Authors Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title The physical features of Europe & Asia, showing the mountains, table-lands, plains & slopes. By A.K. Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, (1856)
List No 0372.002
Note Hand col. lithographed map. Relief shown by hachures. Inset maps: Rising of the island of Reguain -- Volcanic kingdom of Luzon -- Geological map of Java. Inset sections: Section of the line A.B. -- Section from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea -- Comparative view of the mean height of the continents, Comparative view of the height of the crest & of the culminating points of the great mountain chains by Baron Von Humboldt -- Section on the line C.D. -- Sections across the Himalaya. "Geology no. 2."
Johnston, Alexa …
Physical Featur …
1856
Physical Atlas
Authors Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title The Physical Features of the Old Continent (Europe and Asia): Its Mountains, Table-Lands, Plains, and Slopes.
List No 0372K
Johnston, Alexa …
Physical Featur …
1856
Physical Atlas
Authors Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title The Physical Features of the Old Continent (Europe and Asia): Its Mountains, Table-Lands, Plains, and Slopes. (continued)
List No 0372L
Berghaus, Heinr …
Asia, Europe ri …
1856
Physical Atlas
Authors Berghaus, Heinrich, Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title The river systems of Asia & Europe, showing the boundaries and comparative extent of the river basins & the oceans to which they contribute their waters. Extended from the original designs of Professor Berghaus, Berlin. By A.K. Johnston, F.R.G.S. Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London. (1856)
List No 0372.017
Note Hand col. lithograph. Includes profile: Comparative view of the fall of the rivers Volga, Ganges, Danube, Elbe, Rhine, Rhone & Clyde with the positions of some of the most remarkable lakes above & below the level of the sea. "Hydrology no. 5."
Johnston, Alexa …
River Systems o …
1856
Physical Atlas
Authors Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title The River Systems of Europe and Asia showing the Boundaries and Comparative Extent of the River basins, and the Seas to which they Contribute their Waters.
List No 0372AW
Johnston, Alexa …
River Systems o …
1856
Physical Atlas
Authors Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title The River Systems of Europe and Asia showing the Boundaries and Comparative Extent of the River basins, and the Seas to which they Contribute their Waters. (continued)
List No 0372AX
Note Includes a section on Salt Lakes.
Johnston, Alexa …
Asia.
1861
World Atlas
Authors Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Full Title Asia by Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved & printed by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, (1861)
List No 0373.032
Note Engraved map. Boundaries hand col., hydrography printed in blue. Relief shown by hachures. "Keith Johnston's general atlas 28."
Johnston, Alexa …
Asia.
1879
World Atlas
Authors Johnston, Alexander Keith
Full Title Asia. By Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. Keith Johnston's General Atlas. Engraved, Printed, and Published by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London.
List No 0377.032
Note Countries outlined in color. Relief shown by hachures. Six scales.
Kitchin, Thomas
The European pa …
1790
World Atlas
Authors Kitchin, Thomas
Full Title The European part of the Russian Empire from the maps published by the Imperial Academy at St. Petersburg, with the new provinces on the Black Sea. London, printed for Robert Sayer, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1st May, 1790. The Asiatic part of the Russian Empire from maps published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg with the new discoveries of Captn. Cook &c. London, printed by Robert Sayer, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 1st May 1788.
List No 0411.027
Note Engraved map in outline color. 2 maps. Shows vegetation, sailing and explorers tracks, etc. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 1 sheet.
Kitchin, Thomas
Asia and its is …
1787
World Atlas
Authors Kitchin, Thomas
Full Title Asia and its islands according to d'Anville, divided into empires, kingdoms, states, regions, &ca. with the European possessions and settlements in the East Indies and an exact delineation of all the discoveries made in the eastern parts by the English under Captn. Cook. (Northern section. By Thomas Kitchin). London, printed for Robert Sayer, Fleet Street as the Act directs, 6 Jany. 1787.
List No 0411.028
Note Engraved map in outline color. Printed on 2 sheets. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical and geographical notes. Ornamental cartouche. David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 1 sheet.
Kitchin, Thomas
(Asia and its i …
1787
World Atlas
Authors Kitchin, Thomas
Full Title (Asia and its islands according to d'Anville, divided into empires, kingdoms, states, regions, &ca. with the European possessions and settlements in the East Indies and an exact delineation of all the discoveries made in the eastern parts by the English under Captn. Cook. Southern section. By Thomas Kitchin. London, printed for Robert Sayer, Fleet Street as the Act directs, 6 Jany. 1787)
List No 0411.029
Note Engraved map in outline color. Printed on 2 sheets. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical and geographical notes. David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 1 sheet.
Kitchin, Thomas
Composite: Asia …
1787
World Atlas
Authors Kitchin, Thomas
Full Title (Composite of) Asia and its islands according to d'Anville, divided into empires, kingdoms, states, regions, &ca. with the European possessions and settlements in the East Indies and an exact delineation of all the discoveries made in the eastern parts by the English under Captn. Cook. (By Thomas Kitchin). London, printed for Robert Sayer, Fleet Street as the Act directs, 6 Jany. 1787.
List No 0411.030
Note Engraved map in outline color. Printed on 4 sheets. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical and geographical notes. David Rumsey Collection copy mounted as 2 sheets. (E 20--W 165/N 80--S 13)
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