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Author: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871

Date: 1861

Short Title: Half Title: Royal atlas of modern geography.

Publisher: Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons

Type: Half Title Page

Obj Height cm: 50

Obj Width cm: 33

Note: "First edition. This atlas was one of the best world atlases published in England in the second half of the 19th century. The North America map shows Colorado as a Territory - very up to date on U.S. political changes (most U.S. atlases do not show Colorado until 1862) for an English Atlas. Also shows Nevada, and a horizontal Arizona. However, the western U.S. map shows none of this -- its layout is pre-1860. Maps have a mixture of hand colored outline and printed blue color for water. Covers are half leather brown cloth covered boards with ""Keith Johnston's royal atlas of modern geography"" stamped in gilt on the cover, and ""The Royal Atlas. Keith Johnston. W. Blackwood & Sons"" on the spine."

Reference: Phillips, 835. National Maritime Museum. Catalogue, 507.

World Area: World

Full Title: (Half Title Page to) The royal atlas of modern geography, exhibiting, in a series of entirely original and authentic maps, the present condition of geographical discovery and research in the several countries, empires, and states of the world by Alexander Keith Johnston ... With a special index to each map. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXI.

List No: 0373B

Page No: (i)

Series No: 2

Publication Author: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871

Pub Date: 1861

Pub Title: The royal atlas of modern geography, exhibiting, in a series of entirely original and authentic maps, the present condition of geographical discovery and research in the several countries, empires, and states of the world by Alexander Keith Johnston ... With a special index to each map. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXI.

Pub Note: See note field above.

Pub List No: 0373.000

Pub Type: World Atlas

Pub Maps: 48

Pub Height cm: 51

Pub Width cm: 35

Image No: 0373B

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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