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Pictorial View of the World. Phelps, Humphrey, 1847

Pictorial View of the World. / Phelps, Humphrey / 1847
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Full Title: Pictorial View of the World. Entered...1846, by Humphrey Phelps...New-York.

Author: Phelps, Humphrey

Date: 1847

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Full David Rumsey Map Collection Catalog Record:

Author: Phelps, Humphrey

Date: 1847

Short Title: Pictorial View of the World.

Publisher: New York: H. Phelps

Type: Broadside

Object Height cm: 70

Object Width cm: 54

Scale 1: 120,000,000

Note: 2 Hemispheres with views and statistics. A beautiful production, a companion to his Ornamental Map of the United States and Mexico. The maps may be from Morse and Breese, possibly cerographs. See the later, enlarged edtions by Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning in 1852 and 1855.

Reference: None found.

World Area: World

Full Title: Pictorial View of the World. Entered...1846, by Humphrey Phelps...New-York.

List No: 2922.000

Series No: 1

Published In: Pictorial View of the World. Entered...1846, by Humphrey Phelps...New York.

Publication Author: Phelps, Humphrey

Publication Date: 1847

Publication Reference: None found.

Publication Note: 2 Hemispheres with views and statistics. A beautiful production, a companion to his Ornamental Map of the United States and Mexico. The maps may be from Morse and Breese, possibly cerographs. See the later, enlarged edtions by Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning in 1852 and 1855.

Publication List No: 2922.000

Publication Type: Broadside

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 70

Publication Width cm: 54

Image No: 2922000

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