COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Woodbridge, William C.
Date:
1821
Short Title:
Africa
Publisher:
Samuel G. Goodrich
Publisher Location:
Hartford
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
25
Obj Width cm:
30
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Map is hand painted with outline color. Includes references to European settlements, missionary stations, cities, capitals, large towns, small towns. Figures 1,2,3, refers to classes, universities. Covers are marbled paper covered cardboard 25x16 with a paper label printed with title "Woodbridge's Larger Atlas. Atlas On A New Plan, Exhibiting The Prevailing Religions, Forms Of Government, Degrees Of Civilization, And The Comparative Size Of Towns, Rivers And Mountains. By William C. Woodbridge, A.M. ... Hartford: Published by Samuel G. Goodrich." in black. Prime meridian is Greenwich. Relief shown by hachures.
Reference:
P336.
World Area:
Africa
Subject:
School
Full Title:
Africa. Engraved by Engraved for Woodbridge's Rudiments of Geography. Entered ... 1821, by William C. Woodbridge ... Cunnecticut. ( to accompany) Woodbridge's Larger Atlas. Atlas On A New Plan, Exhibiting The Prevailing Religions, Forms Of Government, Degrees Of Civilization, And The Comparative Size Of Towns, Rivers And Mountains. By William C. Woodbridge, A.M. ... Hartford: Published by Samuel G. Goodrich ... (inset map) Australia.
List No:
3024.009
Series No:
9
Engraver or Printer:
Willard, A. & J.W Barber
Publication Author:
Woodbridge, William C.
Pub Date:
1821
Pub Title:
Woodbridge's Larger Atlas. Atlas On A New Plan, Exhibiting The Prevailing Religions, Forms Of Government, Degrees Of Civilization, And The Comparative Size Of Towns, Rivers And Mountains. By William C. Woodbridge, A.M. ... Hartford: Published by Samuel G. Goodrich ... District Of Connecticut, ss. Be It Remembered, That on the twentieth day of April, in the forty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America, William C. Woodbridge ... and Emma Willard ... deposited in this Office the title of a Book ... Chas. A. Ingersoll, Clerk of the District of Connecticut.
Pub Reference:
P336.
Pub Note:
Maps say "Engraved for Woodbridge's Rudiments of Geography." Earliest Woodbridge atlas we have seen. The World in Hemispheres map does not show Palmer's land off South America. The title says "Larger Atlas" while the maps mention "Rudiments" so the use of this book is transitional - it has the same group of maps as Rudiments of Geography, which was published first in 1821. The advertisement in the back of the book clarifies things: "The following atlas was originally prepared to accompany the 'Rudiments of Geography'...The whole have been revised, and some additions made, to adapt them to a work on the same general plan with the "Rudiments," which is now preparing for the higher classes of schools." Thus this book is the first edition of Woodbridge's Modern Atlas, which did not come out in final form until late 1824 (that is when the text is copyrighted)-and this book may have served as Woodbridge's more "advanced" atlas until late 1824 when the Modern Atlas was first issued. Maps are hand painted with outline color or are without color. Covers are marbled paper covered cardboard 25x16 with a paper label printed with the above title in black.
Pub List No:
3024.000
Pub Type:
School Atlas
Pub Maps:
8
Pub Height cm:
25
Pub Width cm:
16
Image No:
3024009
Authors:
Woodbridge, William C.
Link To Source
Africa
