COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Morse, Charles W.
Author:
Colby, Charles A.
Date:
1856
Short Title:
Kentucky and Tennessee.
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
32
Obj Width cm:
43
Scale 1:
1,800,000
Reference:
P817.
State/Province:
Kentucky
State/Province:
Tennessee
Full Title:
Kentucky and Tennessee.
List No:
0623.032
Series No:
32
Publication Author:
Morse, Charles W.
Publication Author:
Colby, Charles A.
Pub Date:
1856
Pub Title:
Morse's General Atlas of the World. Containing Seventy Maps, Drawn And Engraved From The Latest And Best Authorities By Charles W. Morse. With Descriptions And Statistics Of All Nations To The Year 1856, By Charles Colby, A.M. ... New York: Published By D. Appleton And Company, Nos. 346 And 348 Broadway. 1856. (on verso of second title page) Entered ... 1856, By D. Appleton And Company ... New York.
Pub Reference:
P817.
Pub Note:
This is Charles Morse's only folio atlas. He uses many of the (Sidney E.) Morse and Breese cerographic maps, but hand colors them. Morse was the son of Samuel F.B. Morse (inventor of the magnetic telegraph) and nephew of map publisher Sidney E. Morse. Charles Morse collaborated with Colby on the tiny Diamond Atlas. There is a second illustrated title page reading "Morse's General Atlas. Compiled From The Latest And Best European And American Authorities. Published by D. Appleton ... New-York. Herrick, Del. Roberts, Sc." Full color. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians Washington and Greenwich.
Pub List No:
0623.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
66
Pub Height cm:
32
Pub Width cm:
24
Image No:
0623032.jp2
Authors:
Morse, Charles W.; Colby, Charles A.
Link To Source
Kentucky and Tennessee.
