COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Colton, G.W.
Author:
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Date:
1858
Short Title:
South America (physical).
Publisher:
J.H. Colton
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
33
Obj Width cm:
28
Scale 1:
28,990,200
Note:
Includes topographic profiles. Mountain ranges shown by wide lines. Isothermal lines for mean temperatures of January and July. Ocean currents shown.
World Area:
South America
Full Title:
South America (physical).
List No:
1690.145
Series No:
145
Engraver or Printer:
Davies and Roberts
Engraver or Printer:
George Russell & Co.
Publication Author:
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Publication Author:
Colton, G.W.
Pub Date:
1859
Pub Title:
Colton's Illustrated Cabinet Atlas and Descriptive Geography. Maps - by G. Woolworth Colton. Text by Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: Published by J.H. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1859.
Pub Note:
A smaller version of Colton's General Atlas with regional maps. A one-time effort, not reissued. These maps are reused by Colton in some of his school atlases. The text by Fisher (minus the sections on the states and territories) is used later in Johnson's Family Atlas starting in 1861. General physical geography text based on the Atlas of Milner and Petermann published in London. Overall text is intended to be particularly readable. The atlas is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of etchings on a wide range of geographical subjects, statistical tables, and smaller maps and plans. Full color maps.
Pub List No:
1690.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Height cm:
38
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
1690145
Authors:
Colton, G.W.; Fisher, Richard Swainson
Link To Source
South America (physical).
