-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Additions to Rumsey online collection Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 22:35:33 GMT From: Philip Hoehn <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ The following are highlights from 1218 new maps just added to the David Rumsey Map Collection, www.davidrumsey.com There are now over 10,000 map images online. 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 follow this link to the web page listing the new maps and atlases: http://www.davidrumsey.com/recentadditions.html Atlas of the Metropolitan District (of New York City), 1891 Bien, Joseph Rudolph; Vermeule, C.C., New York 13 Maps. Covers New York City and the country around it, including parts of New Jersey and Westchester County, New York. One of the finest examples of color lithographic map printing from the press of Julius Bien, noted American map publisher in the second half of the nineteenth century. Grand Atlas Universel, 1816 Brue, Adrien Hubert, Paris 50 Maps. Detailed, large scale maps of all the continents and France. Carte de France, 1750-1815 Cassini, Cesar-Francois, Cassini family, Paris 210 Maps, including 18 digital composite maps joining the original Cassini maps into groups of up to 16 joined maps for viewing entire regions of France. The first accurate trigonometric survey of an entire country, the Cassini maps span three generations of mapmakers and became the model for later national surveys in England and the U.S. Cartes et Tables de la Geographie Physique ou Naturelle, 1770 De Lisle, Guillaume; Buache, Philippe, Paris 20 Maps, tables, and diagrams. One of the first physical atlases published. Atlas of Charts, 1828 E. & G.W. Blunt, New York 4 large charts on 10 sheets. An early atlas of charts of the United States coast from Maine to Florida. [General Atlas], 1811 Faden, William, London 60 Maps. Maps of the entire world, variously dated from 1785 to 1811. Description de L’Egypte, Atlas Geographique, 1826 France, Commission des Sciences et Arts d”Egypt; Panckoucke, C.L.F., Paris 53 Maps. Covers the entire Nile River from its source to the delta, as well the coast of Palestine. Very detailed maps by Pierre Jacotin in French and Arabic. Allgemeiner Hand Atlas der Erde, 1856 Geographisches Institut [Weimar, Germany] 70 Maps and diagrams. Extraordinarily detailed maps of the world, including three solar system diagrams. The Geographic Institute at Weimar was one of the finest and most prolific publishers of world atlases in Germany during the nineteenth century. Atlas of San Francisco, 1876 Humphreys, William P., San Francisco 60 Maps. A detailed plat book of San Francisco showing all recorded and surveyed (though not necessarily built on) blocks of the city. Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, 1856 Johnston, Alexander Keith, Edinburgh 36 Maps and views. The second edition of an important nineteenth century physical atlas that is partly derived from the Berghaus Physical Atlas of 1849, also online. Historical Atlas Map of Fresno County… California, 1891 Thompson, Thos. H., Tulare, California 105 Maps, views, and plans. Thompson made several county atlases of the counties around San Francisco Bay, but this (with Tulare County below) was the only county atlas made elsewhere in California. Historical Atlas Map of Tulare County … California, 1892 Thompson, Thos. H., Tulare, California 164 Maps, views, and plans. A special sepia toned edition of this atlas (limited to 150 copies). Thompson lived in Tulare County, which may explain the great detail shown here, his largest county atlas production. Atlas Universel: Europe, Asie, Afrique, Amerique Meridionle, Oceanique, 1827 Vandermaelen, Philippe, Bruxelles 400 maps and views. The first lithographic atlas of the world, with all the maps on the same scale. If all the maps were joined together, they would form a globe 7.75 meters in diameter (such a globe was made in Brussels after the atlas was published). The North American volume, Amerique Septentrionle, was put online previously, and these additional five volumes complete the online atlas. Phil Hoehn, Map Librarian San Francisco -- [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------- David Rumsey Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com