COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Bartholomew, John
Date:
1958
Short Title:
Index: The Orient, Plate 9, v.1
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Publisher:
John Bartholomew & Son LTD.
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
49
Obj Width cm:
31
Scale 1:
126,000,000
Note:
Uncolored index map. Shows Key to insets. Note: Names underlined indicate larger scale inset map on plate 9. Island Ggroups East of the international Date Line are shown in volume V, plate 120.
Region:
Southwest Pacific
Region:
Australia
Region:
Oceania
Region:
Polynesia
Full Title:
(Index to)The Orient. Transverse Mercator Projection, Scale 1:55,000,000. Marshall Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 1:10,000,000. New Hebrides and New Caledonia, 1:7,500,000. Fiji, 1:5,000,000. Vanua Levu, Vita Levu, Tonga, Kwajalein Atoll, 1:25000,000. Tongatapu Group, Vav'u Group, 1:1,000,000. Ocean Island, Wake Island Nauru, 1:250,000.
List No:
1552.035
Page No:
9-Index
Series No:
35
Engraver or Printer:
William Clowes & Son Ltd.
Publication Author:
Bartholomew, John
Pub Date:
1959
Pub Title:
The Times Atlas of the World. Mid-Century Edition, Edited by John Bartholomew, M.C., LL.D. Cartographer by Royal Appointment of the late King George V, Gold Medalist of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Volume 1, The world, Australasia & East Asia, containing maps showing various aspects of the world entire; also Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, New Guinea, Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia, Indo-China, Thailand, Philippines, Burma, S-W Pacific, Indonesia, Malaya etc. With an Index-Gazetteer. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1958.
Pub Note:
Published in 5 volumes, 1955-1959, with 122 colored double page map sheets, and a comprehensive index of over 200,000 names. Because of the long production times involved in the work of compiling the detailed maps, the volumes were arranged in continental groupings with volume III, North Europe, coming out first, followed by another volume each year. V.1. The World, Australasia & East Asia --V.2. South-West Asia & Russia --V.3. Northern Europe --V.4. Southern Europe & Africa --V.5. The Americas. with an Index-Gazetteer. Bound in red linen, with label stamped in real gold reading "The Times Atlas of the World, Mid-Century Edition."
Pub List No:
1552.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
122
Pub Height cm:
50
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
1552035
Authors:
Bartholomew, John
Link To Source
Index: The Orient, Plate 9, v.1
