COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Suomen Maantieteellinen Seura
Author:
Tilgmann, Ferdinand, 1832-1911
Date:
1909
Short Title:
Kulkuneuvot. = Communications. = Kommunikationer.
Publisher:
Aktiebolaget F. Tilgmanns bok- och stentryckeri
Publisher Location:
Helsinki
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
58
Obj Width cm:
40
Scale 1:
200,000
Note:
Transporation map of Finland. Features transportation routes, such as railways, roads, trails and canals in 1909. Also shows political boundaries, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a legend, bar scale and scale statement. Colored lithograph. Map is 58 x 40 cm, on double sheet 60 x 43 cm. Text presented in parallel Finnish, French and Swedish. Preceded by section title page for map.
Country:
Finland
Subject:
Transportation
Subject:
Railroad
Subject:
Roads
Subject:
Canals
Full Title:
Kulkuneuvot. = Communications. = Kommunikationer. Aktiebolaget F. Tilgmann, Helsingfors 1909.
List No:
14367.099
Series No:
99
Publication Author:
Suomen Maantieteellinen Seura
Pub Date:
1910
Pub Title:
Atlas öfver Finland, 1910. Sällskapet för Finlands geografi.
Pub Note:
Atlas öfver Finland, by Sällskapet för Finlands geografi [Suomen Maantieteellinen Seura]; published in Helsinki, 1907. Title translates to: Atlas of Finland. Bound in dark green board with title and coat of arms for Finland on front cover, printed in white. Collation: 2° : [1-4], [I], II-III, [1], 2-7, [55] double leaves of plates. Volume comprised of a title page, editorial board list, preface, table of contents, statistical tables and 302 maps, as well as numerous charts. Maps topics include topography, geology, seismology, hydrology, climate, phytogeography, agriculture, zoology, statistics, economics, transportation, communication, linguistics, electoral politics, education and historical cartography. Maps also show cities, railways, roads, canals, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Some maps employ data visualization to convey information, such as on light houses and the illumination they produce. For related item in collection - the first edition of the atlas, published in 1899 - see Pub List No. 14366.000. According to the preface, this edition was published because the 1899 edition "was so well received by the public in its own country and among the representatives of geographical science that continuing to work in the same direction appeared to the Society as an inalienable duty."
Pub List No:
14367.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Height cm:
44
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
14367099.jp2
Authors:
Suomen Maantieteellinen Seura; Tilgmann, Ferdinand, 1832-1911
