COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Brown, Malcolm J.
Date:
1870
Short Title:
Carte du reseau telegraphique Suisse
Publisher:
George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
48
Obj Width cm:
64
Scale 1:
600,000
Note:
Color folded detailed map of Switzerland's telegraph network. In French and German. Includes legend.
Country:
Switzerland
Subject:
Telegraph
Subject:
Data Visualization
Full Title:
Carte du Reseau Telegraphique Suisse dressee par la Direction des Telegraphes. Berne. Janvier 1867.= Karte des schweizerischen Telegraphennetzes zusammengestellt von der telegraph Direction. Bern, Januar 1867. (to accompany) Reports from Mr. Malcolm J. Brown of the General Post Office, London ... Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode ... 1870.
List No:
13245.015
Series No:
15
Publication Author:
Brown, Malcolm J.
Pub Date:
1870
Pub Title:
Reports from Mr. Malcolm J. Brown of the General Post Office, London, upon the working of the French, Belgian, and Swiss telegraphic systems, and upon the regulations of the Vienna Convention. London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode ... 1870.
Pub Note:
Detailed report of the telegraph systems of France, Belgium, and Switzerland, based upon a fact-finding undertaken by Malcolm J. Brown in Britain's move to nationalize its internal telegraph system in 1870. The report is divided into three sections including descriptive text providing careful analysis of the nation's telegraph system, and Brown's opinion of what he thinks are the strengths and weaknesses of each national system. Each section includes a chromolithographic map of the telegraph systems, specially published for the reports by London firm Vincent, Day & Company Lithographers. Bound in full red morocco. "26757" on title page.
Pub List No:
13245.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Maps:
3
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
22
Image No:
13245015.jp2
Authors:
Brown, Malcolm J.
