COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Carey, Mathew
Author:
Warner, Benjamin
Date:
1816
Short Title:
Chart Of The World On Mercators Projection
Publisher:
M. Carey and B. Warner
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
18
Obj Width cm:
25
Scale 1:
Not shown
Note:
Map printed with no color. Prime meridian is from London.
Reference:
None found.
World Area:
World
Full Title:
Chart Of The World On Mercators Projection. Philadelphia: Published By M. Carey, And B. Warner. 1816.
List No:
4864.004
Series No:
4
Engraver or Printer:
Bower, J.
Engraver or Printer:
Doolittle, A.
Engraver or Printer:
Ralph, W.
Engraver or Printer:
Kneass, Wm.
Engraver or Printer:
Seymour.
Engraver or Printer:
Barker, W.
Engraver or Printer:
Scoles.
Publication Author:
Warner, Benjamin
Publication Author:
Carey, Mathew
Pub Date:
1816
Pub Title:
A General Atlas, Being A Collection Of Maps Of The World And Quarters, Their Principal Empires, Kingdoms, &c. Containing Fifty Eight Maps And Charts. Philadelphia: Published By M. Carey, And B. Warner. 1816.
Pub Reference:
None found.
Pub Note:
Notwithstanding the title, the index calls for 52 maps and only 52 are included. An earlier edition was published in 1814 (Yale) by Carey with Johnson and Warner, with the same title page as this 1816 edition and with 58 maps (according to Yale's catalog - not seen by us). An 1818 edition was published with 52 maps in the title and index. Yale's copy of the 1816 edition lists 52 maps in the title and index. So this title may be an uncorrected state. The maps in this atlas result from a collaboration between Carey and Warner, using maps from their prior publications, unchanged: maps 1-4, 30-49, and 52 are from the 1809 edition of Guthrie's Geographical Grammar, Philadelphia, by Johnson and Warner (our 0316.000); maps 5-8 are from the 1812 (late) edition of Brooke's Gazetteer, Philadelphia, Johnson and Warner (our 3807.000); maps 9-29 are from the 1814 edition of Carey's American Pocket Atlas, Philadelphia, Mathew Carey (our 2276.000); maps 50 and 51 (Turkey in Asia and Islands of the East Indies) are from an unknown American source and are copies of Wilkinson maps. Carey's maps are of separate states of the United States while Warner's maps cover the general American maps (including 5-8, which are relatively scarce general maps of Eastern States, Middle and Western States, Southern States, and North Western Territories) and maps of the rest of the World. In 1802 and 1810 Carey published Carey's Minor American Atlas (P11022, 11023) which was about the same size as this atlas, with only 19 and 20, respectively, American maps - essentially the American Pocket Atlas with maps bound unfolded and without text. He took this format and enlarged it to a world atlas by using Warner's maps. This was probably published in a small edition and was an attempt to serve the market with a cheaper and smaller version of the folio General Atlas. This atlas is not listed in any of the references; we am aware of only four copies (Baskes, Yale (2), and this one) although there may
Pub List No:
4864.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
52
Pub Height cm:
27
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
4864004
Authors:
Carey, Mathew; Warner, Benjamin
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Chart Of The World On Mercators Projection
