Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Arabia.

Author: 
Kirkwood, Robert
Date: 
1817
Short Title: 
Arabia.
Publisher: 
Robert Kirkwood
Publisher Location: 
Glasgow
Publisher Location: 
London
Publisher: 
John Smith & Son
Publisher Location: 
Glasgow
Publisher Location: 
London
Type: 
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm: 
29
Obj Width cm: 
35
Scale 1: 
10,020,000
Reference: 
None found; not in Phillips.
Country: 
Egypt
Country: 
Kuwait
Country: 
Saudi Arabia
Region: 
Persian Gulf
Region: 
Red Sea
Full Title: 
Arabia.
List No: 
2677.034
Page No: 
32
Series No: 
34
Engraver or Printer: 
Robt. Kirkwood
Publication Author: 
Kirkwood, Robert
Pub Date: 
1817
Pub Title: 
Kirkwood's General Atlas ... Constructed from the best Authorities extant. Published as the Act directs by Robt. Kirkwood, Engraver, Edinburgh, John Smith & Son, Booksellers, Glasgow, & Wm. Faden, London. 1817. (title page) R. Kirkwood Script. & Sculpt.
Pub Reference: 
None found; not in Phillips.
Pub Note: 
Rare atlas, also pub. by Wm. Faden & John Smith. Kirkwood engraved some of the maps for Thomson's General Atlas (Edinburgh, 1817), but we can find no record of this atlas in Phillips, Tooley, Jolly (1983-92) or anywhere else - except for a record of a sale in the Map Collector #42. Kirkwood used A. Arrowsmith's maps from Pinkerton's Geography as a base, and enlarged and filled in detail where he could. The result is striking: these maps are more than twice the size of Arrowsmith's and often carry considerably more detail. Outline color.
Pub List No: 
2677.000
Pub Type: 
World Atlas
Pub Maps: 
45
Pub Height cm: 
33
Pub Width cm: 
42
Image No: 
2677034
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Authors: 
Kirkwood, Robert