COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Baratta, Mario, 1868-1935
Author:
Visintin, Luigi
Date:
1922
Short Title:
Oceania : Carta fisico-politica.
Publisher:
Istituto geografico De Agostini
Publisher Location:
Novara (Italy)
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
45
Scale 1:
40,000,000
Note:
Five maps representing the physical and political geography of Oceania (in the first map). Maps along right side represent annual rainfall (second map), vegetation (third map), agriculture and livestock (fourth map), and minerals and related industries (fifth map). Maps show political boundaries, topography, cities, roads, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands, and water depths. Relief shown with hachures and color coding. Each map includes a legend, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, descriptive text, a legend, latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Primary map includes a bar scale given in kilometers, as well as a scale statement: 1:40,000,000. With inset map: Nuova Zelanda. Color lithograph. Together, maps are 36 x 45 cm, on double sheet 40 x 54 cm. Maps appear in Volume I.
Country:
Australia
Country:
New Zealand
Country:
Indonesia
Country:
Papua New Guinea
Country:
Solomon Islands
Region:
Oceania
Subject:
Physical
Subject:
Political
Subject:
Agriculture
Subject:
Mining and Minerals
Subject:
Vegetation
Full Title:
Oceania : Carta fisico-politica. Istituto Geografico de Agostini - Novara, di Cesare Rossi e dott. A. Marco Boroli.
List No:
14510.135
Page No:
99-100
Series No:
135
Publication Author:
Baratta, Mario, 1868-1935
Publication Author:
Visintin, Luigi
Pub Date:
1922
Pub Title:
Grande atlante geografico : 102 tavole di geografia fisica, politica ed economica con 250 carte e cartine ed indice dei nomi.
Pub Note:
Grande atlante geografico : 102 tavole di geografia fisica, politica ed economica con 250 carte e cartine ed indice dei nomi by Mario Baratta and Luigi Visintin. Published by Istituto Geografico de Agostini in Novara, Italy, 1922. Title translates to: Large geographical atlas: 102 tables of physical, political and economic geography with 250 charts and maps and an index of names. In two volumes. The first volume includes a brown paper jacket with the title printed in blue on the cover and spine, with a maroon leather cover and matching fabric overlay and spine, gilt title and spine title. The second volume includes a maroon fabric cover, gilt title and spine title. Each volume include a title page, table of contents, and extensive index. Atlas covers the world and includes 304 maps across both volumes. Maps show political boundaries, cities, railways, roads, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, and islands. Founded in Rome in 1901 by Giovanni De Agostini with the name "Primo Istituto Italiano di Cartografia", the primary title of the newly founded publishing house was the Atlante De Agostini Calendar. The idea was an immediately success. In 1908 the company moved to Novara, Italy, both because it was closer to Germany, from which De Agostini took his cartography equipment, and because the area had rapid industrial development. In 1919 the company was acquired by Marco Boroli and Cesare Rossi and began its climb to success. In 1922 the Great Geographical Atlas was released - the first great Italian atlas. From 1927, with the installation in Novara of the first rotogravure printing plant in Italy, the De Agostini Institute began to diversify its publishing activities: it inaugurated a series of illustrated books, entered the sector of school textbooks, and published a series of art books. In 1946, the company was taken over entirely by the Boroli family. In the 1950s, the company produced art editions, children's books and large encyclopedia volumes. From 1959 to 1970 sixteen large encyclopedias were produced and accompanied by the adoption of installment sales, an absolute novelty for the time. Starting in 1983, the company began to lead the industry with large, multi-volume works and school textbooks, gaining a leading position at a national level. It then began to acquire publishing houses operating in major European markets. Today, De Agostini Editore is currently one of the most well-known and important Italian publishing houses, operating in over thirty countries around the world in thirteen different languages. Its activities are focused on the promotion and dissemination of knowledge in all its forms. Historical notes courtesy Fondazione Fiera, Milan: https://archiviosto…
Pub List No:
14510.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
304
Pub Height cm:
41
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
14510135.jp2
Authors:
Baratta, Mario, 1868-1935; Visintin, Luigi
