COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Ravenstein, August
Author:
Dondorf, B.
Date:
1865
Short Title:
Afrique
Publisher:
B. Dondorf
Publisher Location:
Frankfurt am Main
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
23
Obj Width cm:
28
Scale 1:
9,000,000
Note:
3D raised relief map of Africa, with decorative vignette with descriptive text. Shows major cities and towns. Includes possessions of colonies, statistical table, and notes. Prime meridian is Paris.
Reference:
Phillips, Atlases, vol. IV p. 38.
World Area:
Africa
Subject:
Physical
Full Title:
Afrique. Dessine et modele par Aug. Ravenstein a Francfort s/M. Grave. imprime et estampe par B. Dondorf a Francfort s/M.
List No:
8268.013
Series No:
13
Publication Author:
Ravenstein, August
Publication Author:
Dondorf, B.
Pub Date:
1865
Pub Title:
(Raised Relief and Flat Maps of the World). Dessine et modele par Aug. Ravenstein a Francfort s/M. Grave. Imprime et estampe par B. Dondorf a Francfort. s/M.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, Atlases, vol. IV p. 38.
Pub Note:
Two sets of eight identical maps of the world, An early edition of the French language version of the first commercial set of relief maps intended for teaching purposes. A landmark in geographical education. Set includes the six continents and Germany, each 23x28 at neatline. One set in 3 D raised relief, printed and stamped on card stock, each map mounted on a paper-covered frame of thin wooden dowels. The other set, 2D, printed on paper, loose in a light-blue glazed paper. Both sets in printed color though in different schemes, the paper maps with some added hand color, showing cities and towns, rivers and mountains, notes and statistics. Relief shown pictorially on some maps. The sets placed together in a contemporary drop-front box covered with blue paste-paper. The relief maps emphasize physical and geographical features, and sheet maps political divisions. See our 2490.000 for Sonnenschein and Allen's Relief Atlas of 1880.
Pub List No:
8268.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Height cm:
28
Pub Width cm:
23
Image No:
8268013.jp2
Authors:
Ravenstein, August; Dondorf, B.
Link To Source
Afrique
