COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Melish, John
Date:
1819
Short Title:
Chart of the Atlantic Ocean
Publisher:
John Melish
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
21
Obj Width cm:
27
Scale 1:
none shown
Note:
A first edition containing two maps: "United States" updated to 1818, and a "Chart of the Atlantic Ocean." Both maps without color. General information and advice is given, and a chapter on the English settlement in Illinois is included. Bound in half red morocco leather with rebacked marbled boards with "Melish's Advice to Emigrants" on the spine.
Country:
United States
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
Full Title:
Chart of the Atlantic Ocean
List No:
5531.003
Series No:
3
Publication Author:
Melish, John
Pub Date:
1819
Pub Title:
Information and Advice to Emigrants to the United States: and from the Eastern to the Western States: Illustrated by A Map of the United States, and A Chart of the Atlantic Ocean. By John Melish. Philadelphia: Printed for and Published by John Melish, No. 121, Chesnut Street. 1819. (on verso) ...on the nineteenth day of June ... 1819, John Melish ... hath deposited ... a book ... Pennsylvania.
Pub List No:
5531.000
Pub Type:
Guide Book
Pub Height cm:
15
Pub Width cm:
10
Image No:
5531003
Authors:
Melish, John
Link To Source
Chart of the Atlantic Ocean
