British Islands. / Fitch, George W.; Fairchild, Lucy / 1850

British Islands. Fitch, George W.; Fairchild, Lucy, 1850

British Islands. / Fitch, George W.; Fairchild, Lucy / 1850

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Full Title: British Islands. Drawn by (to be filled in. By George W. Fitch. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, 115 Nassau Street. Entered ... 1850, by Huntington and Savage ... New York)

Author: Fitch, George W.; Fairchild, Lucy

Date: 1850

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Author: Fitch, George W.; Fairchild, Lucy

Date: 1850

Short Title: British Islands.

Publisher: New York: Blakeman, Sheldon & Co.

Type: Atlas Map ; Manuscript Map

Object Height cm: 24

Object Width cm: 18

Scale 1: 5,500,000

Note: Printed map form with title, grid lines and numbers or "mapping plate." Map data added including relief by hachures in pen-and-ink by Lucy Fairchild.

Country: England ; Ireland

Subject: School

Full Title: British Islands. Drawn by (to be filled in. By George W. Fitch. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, 115 Nassau Street. Entered ... 1850, by Huntington and Savage ... New York)

List No: 0289.009

Series No: 10

Published In: Fitch's mapping plates, designed for learners in geography, being a collection of plates prepared for delineating maps of the World, and countries forming its principal subdivisions ... By George W. Fitch. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, 115 Nassau Street. Entered ... 1840, by Huntington and Savage ... New York.

Publication Author: Fitch, George W.

Publication Date: 1850

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 0289.000

Publication Type: School Atlas

Publication Maps: 12

Publication Height cm: 27

Publication Width cm: 21

Image No: 0289009

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