COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Bartholomew, John
Date:
1958
Short Title:
World Surface Routes, Plate 6, v.1
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
John Bartholomew & Son LTD.
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
49
Obj Width cm:
61
Scale 1:
80,000,000
Note:
Full color map. with text indicating: Projection of the Sphere by Gerardus Mercator in 1569. First published at Duisburg in 1569 ; Showing states of the World as in 1957 with principal Cities, Railways, Roads, and Canals ; also Ocean routes of navigation, Standard time zones, Currents, Drift-ice limits and Terrestrial magnetism. No. 1591, and Dec. 57, marked on the lower corners of plate. The Times Atlas on the upper left corner. Prime meridian is Greenwich.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Transportation
Full Title:
World Surface Routes. Edited by John Bartholomew, M.C., LL.D. The Geographical Institute Edinburgh. Copyright, John Bartholomew & Son, LTD.
List No:
1552.030
Page No:
6
Series No:
30
Engraver or Printer:
William Clowes & Son Ltd.
Publication Author:
Bartholomew, John
Pub Date:
1959
Pub Title:
The Times Atlas of the World. Mid-Century Edition, Edited by John Bartholomew, M.C., LL.D. Cartographer by Royal Appointment of the late King George V, Gold Medalist of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Volume 1, The world, Australasia & East Asia, containing maps showing various aspects of the world entire; also Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, New Guinea, Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia, Indo-China, Thailand, Philippines, Burma, S-W Pacific, Indonesia, Malaya etc. With an Index-Gazetteer. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1958.
Pub Note:
Published in 5 volumes, 1955-1959, with 122 colored double page map sheets, and a comprehensive index of over 200,000 names. Because of the long production times involved in the work of compiling the detailed maps, the volumes were arranged in continental groupings with volume III, North Europe, coming out first, followed by another volume each year. V.1. The World, Australasia & East Asia --V.2. South-West Asia & Russia --V.3. Northern Europe --V.4. Southern Europe & Africa --V.5. The Americas. with an Index-Gazetteer. Bound in red linen, with label stamped in real gold reading "The Times Atlas of the World, Mid-Century Edition."
Pub List No:
1552.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
122
Pub Height cm:
50
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
1552030
Authors:
Bartholomew, John
