COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Debes, Ernst, 1840-1923
Date:
1898
Short Title:
No. 51: Australien und Polynesien
Publisher:
H. Wagner & E. Debes
Publisher Location:
Leipzig
Type:
Covers
Obj Height cm:
40
Obj Width cm:
50
Scale 1:
27,000,000
Note:
Outline color map of Australia and Polynesia on 2 sheets, with 7 insets and 14 subinset maps. Covers Australia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, extending to Hawaiian Islands. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depth shown by soundings. Prime meridian is Greenwich. Shows political and regional boundaries, province, capitals, cities, telegraph cables, etc. Includes legend, abbreviations and color coded reference to European possessions.
World Area:
Pacific
Country:
Australia
Region:
Polynesia
Full Title:
Australien und Polynesien. October 1898. Bearbeitet von E. Debes. Lithogr. von Irmgedruth & Riege. Verlag der Georg. Anstalt von Wagner & Debes, Leipzig. (to accompany) Neuer Handatlas uber alle Teile der Erde.1899. 51. (with 7 insets).
List No:
8002.094
Page No:
52 Cover
Series No:
95
Engraver or Printer:
Irmgedruth & Riege
Publication Author:
Debes, Ernst, 1840-1923
Pub Date:
1899
Pub Title:
Neuer Handatlas uber alle Teile der Erde. In 61 Haupt- und 124 Nebenkarten mit alphabetischen Namenverzeichnis. Herausgegeben von E. Debes. Zweite vermehrte un verbesserte Auflage. Leipzig, H. Wagner & E. Debes, 1899.
Pub Note:
Second and revised edition of E. Debes' Neuer Hand Atlas, published in 1899, reflects the latest available data of physical and topographical geography available. It contains 61 double page maps, table of contents and an alphabetical index at the end of atlas. The principal alterations and additions to this atlas are a new physical map of Europe, showing the elevations of the land and depths of the sea, and a map of the Mediterranean sea and the surrounding countries, on which all steamer routes, railways, and telegraph lines are laid down, with three insets illustrating meteorology and botany of the Mediterranean basin. The maps which appeared in the 1st edition in 1895, have been corrected and brought up to date, and the indexes which followed each map have been superseded by a general index at the end of the atlas. Bound in half leather, dark blue hard cover, large gold embossing decoration and title " E. Debes' Neuer handatlas".
Pub List No:
8002.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
61
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
31
Image No:
8002094.jp2
Authors:
Debes, Ernst, 1840-1923
