The world : wall-atlas [map] / by A. Guyot.

Author
Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Published by Ch. Scribner & Co., 1866.
Description
  • Scale not given. (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map: hand col., mounted on linen ; 50 x 68 cm.

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Notes
  • "Card series." "Mercator's projection."
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866 by Charles Scribner & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York."
  • Relief shown by hachures and form lines.
  • Includes insets of western and eastern hemispheres, 3 comparison diagrams, and profile of "Comparative altitude of the plateaus and mountains of the world."
  • Historic Maps copy 2 lacks hand coloring, not mounted on cloth.
  • Historic Maps copy 3 not mounted on cloth.
References
Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers vol. 2, p. 236
Other title(s)
Wall-atlas
OCLC
60761109
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