COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Weekly Dispatch
Author:
Weller, Edward, 1819-1884
Date:
1863
Short Title:
Islands of importance not delineated at large in the other maps of the Atlas : Maltese Islands ...
Publisher:
Weekly Dispatch
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
41
Obj Width cm:
29
Scale 1:
3,750,000
Note:
Nine maps of significant islands around the world: Maltese Islands [Malta], Madeira, New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands, Bermuda, Tahiti, Réunion, Mauritius, Hawaii and Fiji. Maps show cities, routes, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Relief shown with hachures. Maps include latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as bar scales given in British miles (scales differ). Hand-colored lithograph. Together, maps are 41 x 29 cm, on sheet 48 x 33 cm. Plate number handwritten in ink at upper left and right corners of sheet. Maps appear in Vol. II : Foreign.
Region:
Malta
Region:
Madeira Islands
Region:
New Caledonia
Region:
Bermuda Islands
Region:
Tahiti
Full Title:
Islands of importance not delineated at large in the other maps of the Atlas : Maltese Islands -- Madeira -- New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands -- Bermuda -- Tahiti -- Bourbon (Reunion) -- Mauritius -- Sandwich Isles, or Hawaiian Archipelago -- Viti, or Fiji Islands / by Edwd. Weller, F. R. G. S. ; engraved by Edwd. Weller, 34 Red Lion Square ; E. Weller, Lithogr.
List No:
14360.268
Page No:
147
Series No:
268
Engraver or Printer:
Weller, Edward, 1819-1884
Publication Author:
Weekly Dispatch
Pub Date:
1863
Pub Title:
The dispatch atlas. London : published at the "Weekly Dispatch" Office, 139, Fleet Street, London, and sold by all booksellers and news agents. 1863.
Pub Note:
The dispatch atlas, in two volumes: Vol. I : British and .Vol. II : Foreign. Published by the Weekly Dispatch, London, 1863. Includes a preface, directions for binding and a table of contents for both volumes, which lists the maps in order of appearance, with plate numbers handwritten beside map titles. Preface begins: The subscribers to the Weekly Dispatch have in this collection the most full and accurate survey of the world's surface that has yet been presented to the public in any single series. Both volumes bound in board covered in dark green linen, with spine and corners in calf. Gilded spine titles, as well as ornamentation on spines and front and back covers. With marbled end papers and gilded page edges. Collation: Volume I: [6] pages, 129 leaves of plates (some double); Volume II: 147 leaves of plates (some double). The work’s total 276 plates contain 300 maps. Each plate number handwritten in ink above map. First volume focuses on the British Isles, especially England. Second volume covers the larger globe, featuring Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic. Maps show political boundaries, cities, fortresses, railways, roads, bridges, canals, ocean routes, topography, glaciers, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, shoals, islands and water depths. Maps of the Americas include territories of indigenous peoples. Maps of the United States south delineate between Federal, Border and Confederate States. Some maps feature English translations of terms from other languages that describe geographic features, including the “Explanation of Arabic words" - such as nahr for river - in the Map of Syria. Maps created by Edward Weller, J. W. Lowry, B. R. Davies, John Dower and T. Ettling; printed by Edward Weller and Day & Son, Lithographers to The Queen.
Pub List No:
14360.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
300
Pub Height cm:
50
Pub Width cm:
38
Image No:
14360268.jp2
Authors:
Weekly Dispatch; Weller, Edward, 1819-1884
