Chart of the world exhibiting its chief physical features, currents of the ocean, &c. [map].

Author
Bartholomew, John, 1805-1861 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Edinburgh? : Published by A. & C. Black?, 1889?]
Description
  • Scale not given (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 78°33ʹ00ʺ--S 57°52ʹ00ʺ).
  • 5 maps: col. ; 41 x 25 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Related work(s)
Adam and Charles Black (Firm). General atlas of the world. [Browse]
Notes
  • At head of map: 4.
  • World maps showing physical features, precipitation, population distribution and religions.
  • Plate 4 from: General atlas of the world ... / engraved on steel ... by Sidney Hall, William Hughes ... [Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1889?]
  • John Bartholomew designed and engraved the Chart of the world for the 1846 edition of Adam and Charles Black's General atlas of the world, which appeared in several editions up to 1900. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.
Contents
  • Chart of the world exhibiting its chief physical features
  • Chart shewing the distribution of rain & snow
  • Chart shewing the distribution of the winds
  • Ethnographical chart of the world shewing the distribution and varieties of the human race
  • Principal varieties of mankind
  • Prevailing religions.
OCLC
79415513
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