COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Cummings, Jacob Abbot
Date:
1817
Short Title:
The Land of Moriah or Jerusalem and the Adjacent Country
Publisher:
Cummings and Hilliard
Publisher Location:
Boston
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
28
Obj Width cm:
22
Scale 1:
75,000
Note:
Engraved hand color plan of Jerusalem. Showing landmarks, including Bethlehem, Gibeon, and Mount Calvary and Gihon. Includes a key explains the landmarks and Biblical passages. Relief shown by hachures.
Country:
Palestine
City:
Jerusalem
Subject:
School
Subject:
Classical
Subject:
Religions
Full Title:
The Land of Moriah or Jerusalem and the Adjacent Country. W. B. Annin, Sc. (to accompany) An Ancient And Modern Atlas, Containing Thirteen Ancient And Eight Modern Maps.
List No:
2106.024
Series No:
24
Engraver or Printer:
Annin, William B.
Publication Author:
Cummings, Jacob Abbot
Pub Date:
1817
Pub Title:
An Ancient And Modern Atlas, Containing Thirteen Ancient And Eight Modern Maps ... Published By Cummings And Hilliard, At The Boston Bookstore, No. 1, Cornhill.
Pub Note:
Cummings’ Atlas, published by Cummings and Hilliard. A very well printed edition of the same eight modern maps as the "School Atlas" (6th edition) plus thirteen ancient maps and a plan of the Temple of Jerusalem. Outline hand color maps, engraved by M. Butler, T. W. Wightman, and W. B. Annin. Showing political and administrative divisions, major cities and town, rivers, canals, lakes and mountains. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Prime meridian: Greenwich. The plate marks are clearer and the impressions much stronger and the paper better than the school atlas. The content on title page listing 2 fewer ancient maps. Covers are half leather, marbled paper covered boards with no title.
Pub List No:
2106.000
Pub Type:
School Atlas
Pub Maps:
23
Pub Height cm:
32
Pub Width cm:
26
Image No:
2106024.jp2
Authors:
Cummings, Jacob Abbot
