COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Debenham, Frank
Date:
1958
Short Title:
Text Page: About this book: The global atlas; a new view of the world from space
Publisher:
Simon and Schuster
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Text Page
Obj Height cm:
34
Obj Width cm:
52
Note:
Text with stick chart of the Marshall Islands and complicated pattern of ocean swells and currents used for navigating by canoes ..., and three color views.
Full Title:
(Text Page to) About this book: The global atlas; a new view of the world from space. By Frank Debenham, Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Cambridge. Introduction by Bertrand Russell. Produced by Geographical Project Ltd., London. (Published by): Simon and Schuster, New York. (verso of title page) Copyright 1958, Adprint Ltd., London. Printed in the U.S.A. by Western Printing and Lithographing Company. Published by Simon and Schuster, Inc., Rockefeller Center, New York 20, N.Y. ... (on opposite page) Primitive map: Marshall Island's bamboo and shell chart.
List No:
1794.007
Page No:
10-11
Series No:
7
Engraver or Printer:
Russell, Bertrand
Engraver or Printer:
Geographical Project, Ltd.
Engraver or Printer:
Adprint Ltd.
Engraver or Printer:
Foges, Wolfgang
Publication Author:
Debenham, Frank
Pub Date:
1958
Pub Title:
The global atlas; a new view of the world from space. By Frank Debenham, Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Cambridge. Introduction by Bertrand Russell. Produced by Geographical Project Ltd., London. (Published by): Simon and Schuster, New York. (verso of title page) Copyright 1958, Adprint Ltd., London. Printed in the U.S.A. by Western Printing and Lithographing Company. Published by Simon and Schuster, Inc., Rockefeller Center, New York 20, N.Y.
Pub Note:
97 P., 200 map and pictures in full color. 40 shadow relief maps of the world in global projections. Latest surveying instruments and map-making equipment, ancient maps. Picture maps. Historic maps. And text by the eminent explorer, geologist and geographer, Frank Debenham. Bound in black card board covers with title: The global atlas; a new view of the world from space. By Frank Debenham, with introduction by Bertrand Russell. With table of contents, and full color images of the world.
Pub List No:
1794.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
200
Pub Height cm:
35
Pub Width cm:
27
Image No:
1794007
Authors:
Debenham, Frank
