COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Pelet, Paul, 1849-1927
Author:
Challamel, Augustin, 1818-1894
Author:
Hausermann, R., active 1875-1915
Date:
1889
Short Title:
Nouvelle Calédonie.
Publisher:
Librairie Coloniale
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
21
Obj Width cm:
32
Scale 1:
2,000,000
Note:
Map of New Caledonia and the vicinity. Shows place names, transportation routes, topography, lakes, drainage, coastlines, canals and islands. Relief shown with hachures. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar scale and a scale statement. With two inset maps: Iles Chesterfield -- Iles Wallis. Colored lithograph. Map is 21 x 32 cm, on sheet 26 x 37 cm. Accompanied by descriptive text of the same title, on preceding pages in section XVIII. In fifth part of atlas, Océanie.
Region:
New Caledonia
Region:
Chesterfield Islands
Region:
Wallis Islands (Wallis and Futuna)
Full Title:
Nouvelle Calédonie. Nouvel atlas des colonies Françaises par Paul Pelet, 1889, No 18. A. Challamel, Éditeur, 5 rue Jacob, Paris. Gravé par R. Hausermann, Paris, Imp. Lemercier et Cie.
List No:
14300.057
Page No:
18
Series No:
57
Engraver or Printer:
Firmin-Didot (Firm)
Engraver or Printer:
Imprimerie Lemercier et cie
Publication Author:
Pelet, Paul, 1849-1927
Publication Author:
Challamel, Augustin, 1818-1894
Pub Date:
1891
Pub Title:
Nouvel atlas des colonies Françaises dressé par ordre de l'Admiistration des Colonies par Paul Pelet, Professeur de Géographie Coloniale a l'École des Sciences Politiques Membre du Comité Géographique des Colonies. Paris, Augustin Challamel, Éditeur, Librairie Coloniale. 5, rue Jacob, et Rue Furstenberg, 2. 1891.
Pub Note:
Nouvel atlas des colonies Françaises dressé par ordre de l'Admiistration des Colonies par Paul Pelet, published in Paris, 1891. Title translates to: New atlas of the French colonies drawn up by order of the Colonial Administration by Paul Pelet. Bound in navy-colored board with title, author and editor gilded on front cover. Collation: 4° : volume 1 : [viii], [xxxiv], 740 pages, [30] leaves of plates, including 1 fold-out ; vol. 2 : xii, 120, cxliv, [CIII] pages, [20] leaves of plates. Contains twenty-four plates with maps, including one overview world map with French colonies around the globe. Maps divided into six sections: [World] -- Afrique -- Océan Indien -- Indochine -- Océanie -- Amérique. Maps show place names, transportation routes, topography, lakes, drainage, coastlines, ports and islands. Each map accompanied by descriptive text preceding plate. Includes a table of contents, which follows text and maps.
Pub List No:
14300.000
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Maps:
24
Pub Height cm:
27
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
14300057.jp2
Authors:
Pelet, Paul, 1849-1927; Challamel, Augustin, 1818-1894; Hausermann, R., active 1875-1915
