World at one view [map].

Author
Phelps, Humphrey, active 19th century [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
Buffalo, N.Y. : D. Needham ... ; New York : Ensigns, & Thayer ... ; Cincinnati : Rufus Blanchard ... ; Boston : Jos. Ward ... , c1847.
Description
  • Scale not given. (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map: hand col., mounted on linen with cloth tape border ; 2 hemispheres, each 27 cm. in diam., on sheet 55 x 72 cm.

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Location Call Number Status Location Service Notes
Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.3610 D Alcove 13, Drawer 16 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Getty AAT genre
    Notes
    • Double hemispherical world map with outline color; maps and texts within an ornamental border.
    • Relief shown by hachures.
    • Includes population tables and illustrations showing heights of mountains, lengths of rivers, "Female Costumes of the Different Parts of the World," settlements, etc.
    • "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1847 by H. Phelps, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the southern district of New York."
    • At head of title: Panoramic view of the route to China, by the Oregon railroad and the Pacific Ocean. This road once built, would become the great highway of nations.
    OCLC
    60760911
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