COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Gray, Ormando Willis
Author:
Colton, G. Woolworth
Date:
1878
Short Title:
Comparative Size of Lakes and Islands.
Publisher:
O.W. Gray & Son
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
32
Obj Width cm:
39
Note:
A selection of the largest lakes and largest islands drawn on the same scale and differentiated by hemisphere. Includes the Black Sea with salinity about half that of oceans and includes the Caspian Sea with about one-third the salinity of oceans. Also includes some very salty lakes such as the Great Salt Lake and Mono Lake. Regrettably no scale provided.
Reference:
P6196, 11037.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Political
Subject:
Communications
Full Title:
Comparative Size of Lakes and Islands. Lakes in the Western Hemisphere. Lakes in the Eastern Hemisphere. Islands in the Western Hemisphere. Lakes in the Western Hemisphere.
List No:
3888.006
Page No:
13
Series No:
6
Publication Author:
Gray, Ormando Willis
Pub Date:
1878
Pub Title:
The National Atlas. Containing Elaborate Topographical Maps Of The United States And The Dominion of Canada, With Plans Of Cities And General Maps Of The World. Also, Descriptions and Tables, Historical and Statistical ... Accompanied By Special, Railway, And Scientific Maps And Articles. Philadelphia: O.W. Gray & Son, No. 10 North Fifth Street. 1878. (on verso) Entered ... 1876, by O.W. Gray & Son ... Washington.
Pub Reference:
P6196, 11037.
Pub Note:
First edition was 1875. The maps here are identical to our 1878 Gray's Atlas of the United States, except that this copy has 17 large scale maps of Virginia Cities in the rear with a "Professional Directory of Patrons. Virginia." The 1878 U.S. Atlas has a large map of New England in the rear and a directory of patrons for Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It is a mystery why Gray used two different titles for essentially the same atlas. The source of the Virginia city maps is interesting - about half state under the title that they are from "Special Surveys" by Jacob and George Chace, Topographical Engineers. The other half do not list the Chaces. There is no record of these maps in Phillips, either as an atlas or separates. Perhaps they were sold as separates or pocket maps. Several sheets intentionally left missing; not listed in Table of Contents. Maps are in full color typically differentiating counties or states.
Pub List No:
3888.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
86
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
40
Image No:
3888006
Authors:
Colton, G. Woolworth; Gray, Ormando Willis
Link To Source
Comparative Size of Lakes and Islands.
