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From: Philip Hoehn <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: New Maps David Rumsey Collection
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The following are highlights from 1566 New Maps added to the David Rumsey
Collection, www.davidrumsey.com The online collection now numbers 17,434 maps
and related images. All titles may be found by launching the Insight Browser or
Java Client and searching under Search/by Publication Author using the author
last names below. Or go to www.davidrumsey.com/recentadditions.html for a
complete listing.
Atlas des ganzen Erdkreises, 1803
Reichard, C. G., Weimar
6 maps. The maps depict the entire earth on a central or gnomonic
projection, which shows the globe as six faces of a cube.
Union Atlas, 1813
Darton, William, London
38 maps. This is a charming atlas with well executed maps that are fairly
typical for the period. From the title it seems that this was intended to
accompany gazetteers and geographies and thus probably had some use in the
schools.
Neuer Hand-Atlas uber alle Theile der Erde, 1822
Reichard, C. G.; Haller von Hallerstein, Friedrich, Nurnberg
28 maps. An early 19th century German atlas, with maps that follow the
latest geographical discoveries.
Celestial Atlas, 1822
Jamieson, Alexander, London
36 maps, diagrams, and text pages. A celestial atlas comprising a
systematic display of the heavens in a series of thirty maps. Illustrated
by scientific descriptions of their contents, and accompanied by
catalogues of the stars and astronomical exercises.
Atlas til Friherre Klinckowstroms Bref om de Forente Staterne, 1824
Klinckowstrom, Axel Leonhard, Stockholm
18 maps, diagrams, illustrations and text pages. To accompany the author's
"Bref om de forente Staterne, forfattade under en resa till Amerika aren
1818, 1819, 1820" (Stockholm: Ecksteinska tryckeriet, 1824). Several of
the maps are translations into Swedish of maps by John Melish.
Atlas Universel de Geographie, 1828
Brue, Adrien Hubert, Paris
71 maps and text pages. One of the best French general atlases of the
early 1800's. Updated through many editions into the 1870's.
London atlas of Universal Geography, 1838
Arrowsmith, John, London
52 maps and text pages. 3rd edition. This atlas is remarkable for its
understated elegance and clarity. It is one of the first truly "modern"
atlases of the nineteenth century.
A New General Atlas, 1845
Tanner, Henry S.; (Finley, Anthony), New York
64 maps and text pages. The last atlas published by Henry Tanner. It is
largely a reissue of Anthony Finley's General Atlas of the 1820's and
1830's, updated.
The Moravia Atlas, 1853
Fullback Academy, Fullback, England
42 maps and text pages. A religious atlas showing the location of Moravian
churches and missions around the world.
Maps and charts of the United States Coast Survey, 1854
United States Coast Survey; Bache, A. D., Washington, D.C.
63 maps, charts and text pages. A rare set of most of the Coast Survey
maps published to July 1854. All the maps are engraved instead of
lithographed, The maps issued on the Coast Survey annual reports, which
are more commonly seen, were lithographed.
Vollstandiger Hand-Atlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung, 1855
Sohr, Karl; Berghaus, Heinrich; Flemming, Carl, Glogau and Leipzig
133 maps and text pages. One of the most scarce of the mid 19th century
German atlases, with an interesting reduction of Arrowsmith's important
1841 Map of Texas.
Reports of Explorations and Surveys...for a Railroad From the Mississippi
River to the Pacific Ocean, 1861
Warren, Gouverneur Kemble; Pacific Railroad Survey, Washington, D.C.
56 maps, views and text pages. Includes all the maps, profiles, and views
from Volume XI of the U.S. Government sponsored survey to find the best
railroad route across the west to the Pacific Ocean.
Atlas of the State of Delaware, 1868
Beers, D. G., Philadelphia
44 maps and text pages. This is the first of two state atlases by D.G.
Beers, the other being Rhode Island in 1870. Both are uncommon, and this
one is rare.
New topographical atlas and gazetteer of Indiana, 1870
Higgins & Ryan; Asher, Adams & Higgins, Indianapolis
13 maps and text pages. Includes index, brief history of Indiana, and maps
of the United States, Europe, and the world.
Atlas of the Maritime Provinces, 1878
Roe Brothers, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
37 maps and text pages. This is the only 19th century atlas of the
provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Atlas of the State of Maine, 1885
Colby, George N.; George N. Colby & Co., Houlton, Maine
53 maps and text pages. Includes maps, statistics and descriptions of
Maine's history, educational system, geology, rail roads, natural
resources, summer resorts and manufacturing interests.
Stuart's Atlas of the State of Maine, 1894
J.H. Stuart & Co.; Stuart, J. H., South Paris, Maine
63 maps and text pages. 9th edition. This updated Colby's Atlas of Maine
from 1885.
Historical Atlas of Augusta County, Virginia, 1885
Hotchkiss, Jed.; Waddell, Joseph Addison, Chicago
39 maps, photographs and text pages. A scarce county atlas based on maps
by the famed Civil War cartographer, Jedidiah Hotchkiss.
Atlas geografico y estadistico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 1886
Garcia Cubas, Antonio, Mexico
32 maps and text pages. Maps of each state of Mexico, the Distrito
Federal, and a general map of the entire country.
Atlas der Geologie, 1892
Berghaus, Hermann, Gotha, Germany
15 maps and text pages. A separate issue of the Geological section of the
1892 Physikalischer Atlas.
Canyons of the Colorado, 1895
Powell, John Wesley, Meadville, Pennsylvania
126 maps, views and text pages. All the illustrations and maps from
Powell's important book on his journeys down the Colorado River in the
period of 1867 to 1872.
Stanford's London Atlas of Universal Geography, 1901
Stanford, Edward, London
111 maps and text pages. First issued in 1887, this atlas is the successor
to John Arrowsmith's London Atlas of 1858 (Stanford acquired Arrowsmith's
plates upon his death). This is a magnificent atlas, in full color
lithography, certainly the premier English atlas of its day.
Report of the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii to the Secretary of the
Interior, 1906
Hawaii. Governor, Washington, D.C.
11 maps and text pages. With 9 maps, most folding and large (Maui is
110x133) showing land uses, topography, ownership, etc. The maps are dated
around 1900 and are very interesting and attractive. The text and the maps
give a look at the early commercial development of the islands.
Photo-auto maps, 1907
Chapin, Gardner S.; Schumacher, Arthur H.; Rand McNally and Company,
Chicago
60 maps, photographs and text pages. A very unusual presentation of nine
index maps showing the route from New York to Albany and Saratoga Springs
and return, with photographs showing with printed arrows each turn to make
in the road. Eventually, route signs were posted for automobiles, but
before that occurred, this book filled a need.
Davis' New Commercial Encyclopedia, the Pacific Northwest, 1909
(Cram, George Franklin); Davis, Ellis Arthur, Berkeley, California
115 maps, photographs and text pages. Includes maps and photographs of
three states, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
New Mercantile Marine Atlas, 1922
Philip, George, New York, London and Liverpool
41 maps and text pages. A series of 35 plates containing over 200 marine
charts and plans with shipping routes.
Auto Road Atlas of the United States and Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime
Provinces of Canada, 1927
Rand McNally and Company, Chicago
54 maps and text pages. The second edition of this early American road
atlas, expanded to include Canada.
A Group of Separately Published Maps and Pocket Maps, 1710 to 1922
Various Authors, Various Places of Publication
100 maps and text pages. A group of maps ranging from Hotan's 1710
Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu (Buddhist conceptual map of the world) to
Edward Stanford's 1922 pocket map of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama.
David Rumsey
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