COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Perthes, Justus
Author:
Chile. Ministerio de Instrucción Pública.
Author:
Fuenzalida, José del C.
Date:
1911
Short Title:
Mapa escolar de Chile. (6)
Publisher:
Justus Perthes
Publisher Location:
Gotha
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
34
Obj Width cm:
48
Scale 1:
1,500,000
Note:
School map of Chile. Sixth of nine double-plate sheets, bound together within Atlas de la República de Chile. Ninth sheet includes a bar scale, legend and title cartouche, with imprint, as well as a pictorial vignette of a mountainous scene, featuring a smoking volcano and an Andean Condor, the national bird of Chile. Map shows cities, railroads (including those under construction), topography, glaciers, lakes, drainage, salt flats, coastlines, islands and soundings. Relief and depths shown with color coding. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines, with Greenwich as the prime meridian. Colored lithograph. Each sheet is 34 x 48 cm, on sheet 39 x 54.
Country:
Chile
Subject:
School
Full Title:
Mapa escolar de Chile, mandado hacer por órden del Señor Ministro de Instruccion Pública don domingo amunátegui solar durante la Presidencia del Exmo Señor Don Pedro Montt. Construido segun los últimos datos jeográficos en la Inspeccion Jral. de Jeografía Iminas de la Direccion de Obras Públicas ; injeniero jefe, José del C. Fuenzalida. Litografía é impresion de Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1911. (6)
List No:
14325.011
Page No:
6
Series No:
11
Engraver or Printer:
Justus Perthes
Publication Author:
Perthes, Justus
Publication Author:
Chile. Ministerio de Instrucción Pública.
Publication Author:
Fuenzalida, José del C.
Pub Date:
1911
Pub Title:
Atlas de la República de Chile.
Pub Note:
Atlas de la República de Chile, 1911. Bound in tan-colored board, with brown linen spine. Front cover provides title, and includes the national shield of the Republic of Chile, which includes the national motto: Por la razon o la fuerza [= By reason or force]. Collation: 2° : 9 double plates. The atlas contains Mapa escolar de Chile [= School map of Chile], by José del C. Fuenzalida, dissected into nine bound sheets. The map shows cities, railroads, topography, glaciers, lakes, drainage, salt flats, coastlines, islands and soundings. Relief and depths shown with color coding. The ninth sheet includes a bar scale, legend and title cartouche, with imprint: Litografía é impresion de Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1911. In addition, 12 profile views show different mountainous zones (including volcanos) sloping down to sea level. The views are printed on the versos of three of the plates (2, 5, 8), with one pair per each folded half. All text appears in Spanish.
Pub List No:
14325.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
21
Pub Height cm:
39
Pub Width cm:
27
Image No:
14325011.jp2
Authors:
Perthes, Justus; Chile. Ministerio de Instrucción Pública.; Fuenzalida, José del C.
Link To Source
Mapa escolar de Chile. (6)
