COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Quin, Edward
Date:
1830
Short Title:
A.D. 1783. Independence Of The United States.
Publisher:
Seeley and Burnside
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Timeline
Obj Height cm:
33
Obj Width cm:
47
Scale 1:
90,000,000
Note:
The entire world is shown without cloud cover for the first time. Political divisions are shown from the restoration of the Stuarts in England, A.D. 1660, to the independence of the United States of America, A.D. 1783. Nineteenth period. The area north of Canada is uncharted and left blank.
Reference:
cfP4139-19.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Data Visualization
Full Title:
A.D. 1783. Independence Of The United States. London, Published by Seeley & Burnside, 169, Fleet Street, 1830.
List No:
2839.019
Series No:
69
Engraver or Printer:
Hall, Sidney
Publication Author:
Quin, Edward
Pub Date:
1830
Pub Title:
An Historical Atlas; In A Series Of Maps Of The World As Known At Different Periods; Constructed Upon An Uniform Scale, And Coloured According To The Political Changes Of Each Period: Accompanied By A Narrative Of The Leading Events Exhibited In The Maps: Forming Together A General View Of Universal History, From The Creation To A.D. 1828. By Edward Quin, M.A. ... The Maps Engraved By Sidney Hall. Printed For R.B. Seeley And W. Burnside; And Sold By L.B. Seeley & Sons, Fleet Street, London. MDCCCXXX.
Pub Reference:
cfP4139.
Pub Note:
1st edition. The unique maps show progressively receding cloud borders to indicate the expansion of geographical knowledge over time. This atlas may have influenced Emma Willard's "Atlas to Accompany a System of Universal History" - 1835. Willard's Atlas uses the "cloud" maps in a very similar way. See our copy of Willard. Full color. Atlas is bound in half red leather marbled paper covered boards with a label printed with "An Historical Atlas, Containing Maps of the World At Twenty-One Different Periods. With a General View of Universal History, By Edward Quin, M.A. Price L3 (pounds): 10s. Half-Bound." The spine has a red leather label embossed in gilt with "Quin's Historical Atlas."
Pub List No:
2839.000
Pub Type:
Historical Atlas
Pub Maps:
21
Pub Height cm:
42
Pub Width cm:
34
Image No:
2839019
Authors:
Quin, Edward
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Link To Source
A.D. 1783. Independence Of The United States.
