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Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
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1871
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Covers/Title: A descriptive hand atlas of the world. Part 1
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(Covers/title) A descriptive hand atlas of the world. By J. Bartholomew, F.R.G.S. Dedicated by permission to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, London, and Dublin. 1871. Part 1.
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(Covers/title) A descriptive hand atlas of the world. By J. Bartholomew, F.R.G.S. Dedicated by permission to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, London, and Dublin. 1871. Part 1.
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Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
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1871
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A descriptive hand atlas of the world. By J. Bartholomew, F.R.G.S. Dedicated by permission to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, London, and Dublin. 1871.
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A descriptive hand atlas of the world. By J. Bartholomew, F.R.G.S. Dedicated by permission to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Bart., K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, London, and Dublin. 1871.
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Bartholomew, Fullarton's hand atlas of the world. Published by A. Fullarton & Company in fifteen monthly parts at two Shillings each. Part 14 includes a comprehensive General Index and abbreviations that continues to Part 15. Title from part 15, with pictorial half title page, Continuation of General Index, preface, contents, and introduction. Back covers include text, illustrations and publisher's advertisement. A separate supplementary material includes: Prospectus, list of maps, and 6 pages of recommendation to the publishers from Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. Note in Part 14 indicates "The Publishers regret the delay in the issue of the two concluding parts containing General Index, Introduction, &c. ... 12th. April 1871." Maps are numbered according to their relative importance regarded from a British point of view. Each part of atlas has ornate front cover, portrait of Queen Victoria, with title printed in black and some with illustrated back cover. The first part has colored front cover. Each part includes descriptive text, index, statistical tables, and some with cross sections. Atlas includes 27 double-page engraved colored maps, some in outline, including maps of the World, America, Africa, Australia, European and Asian countries. Maps showing political and administrative divisions, major cities, towns, most recent discoveries, European colonies and settlements and territorial changes in Europe and the world. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich. John Bartholomew, Jr., 1831 – 1893, was a Scottish cartographer. His father John Bartholomew Senior,1805-1861, started a cartographical establishment in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1856 John, Jr. took up the management of his father's firm John Bartholomew and Son Ltd. Bartholomew is best known for the development of color contouring to represent altitudes on a graduated color scale, which eventually became standard cartographical practice.
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Bartholomew, Fullarton's hand atlas of the world. Published by A. Fullarton & Company in fifteen monthly parts at two Shillings each. Part 14 includes a comprehensive General Index and abbreviations that continues to Part 15. Title from part 15, with pictorial half title page, Continuation of General Index, preface, contents, and introduction. Back covers include text, illustrations and publisher's advertisement. A separate supplementary material includes: Prospectus, list of maps, and 6 pages of recommendation to the publishers from Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. Note in Part 14 indicates "The Publishers regret the delay in the issue of the two concluding parts containing General Index, Introduction, &c. ... 12th. April 1871." Maps are numbered according to their relative importance regarded from a British point of view. Each part of atlas has ornate front cover, portrait of Queen Victoria, with title printed in black and some with illustrated back cover. The first part has colored front cover. Each part includes descriptive text, index, statistical tables, and some with cross sections. Atlas includes 27 double-page engraved colored maps, some in outline, including maps of the World, America, Africa, Australia, European and Asian countries. Maps showing political and administrative divisions, major cities, towns, most recent discoveries, European colonies and settlements and territorial changes in Europe and the world. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich. John Bartholomew, Jr., 1831 – 1893, was a Scottish cartographer. His father John Bartholomew Senior,1805-1861, started a cartographical establishment in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1856 John, Jr. took up the management of his father's firm John Bartholomew and Son Ltd. Bartholomew is best known for the development of color contouring to represent altitudes on a graduated color scale, which eventually became standard cartographical practice.
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