Persia, Afghanistan. / Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 / 1861

Persia, Afghanistan. Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871, 1861

Persia, Afghanistan. / Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 / 1861

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Full Title: Persia and Afghanistan by Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved & printed by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, (1861)

Author: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871

Date: 1861

The map shows the Middle East from Iran to Afghanistan as it existed before the period of European colonialism. Keith Johnston was part of the Johnston family of map makers and engravers active in Edinburgh and London in the 19th century. It was published in The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1861, one of the best world atlases published in England in the second half of the 19th century

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Note: Engraved map. Boundaries hand col.; hydrography printed in blue. Relief shown by hachures. "Keith Johnston's general atlas 31."

Full Title: Persia and Afghanistan by Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved & printed by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, (1861)

Published In: The royal atlas of modern geography, exhibiting, in a series of entirely original and authentic maps, the present condition of geographical discovery and research in the several countries, empires, and states of the world by Alexander Keith Johnston ... With a special index to each map. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXI.

Publication Note: First edition. This atlas was one of the best world atlases published in England in the second half of the 19th century. The North America map shows Colorado as a Territory - very up to date on U.S. political changes (most U.S. atlases do not show Colorado until 1862) for an English Atlas. Also shows Nevada, and a horizontal Arizona. However, the western U.S. map shows none of this -- its layout is pre-1860. Maps have a mixture of hand colored outline and printed blue color for water. Covers are half leather brown cloth covered boards with "Keith Johnston's royal atlas of modern geography" stamped in gilt on the cover, and "The Royal Atlas. Keith Johnston. W. Blackwood & Sons" on the spine.

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