COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Bartholomew, John
Date:
1958
Short Title:
World Physiography, Plate 1, v.1
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Publisher:
John Bartholomew & Son LTD.
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
49
Obj Width cm:
61
Scale 1:
70,000,000 & 150,000,000
Note:
Full color map. Shows principal active and extinct volcanoes. Conformal and near equal-area projection, designed to display Continental relationship. Relief shown by gradient tints. No. 1591, and June 57, marked on the lower corners of plate. The Times Atlas on the upper left corner.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Physical geography
Full Title:
World Physiography, 1:70,000,000, Bartholomew's "Regional" Projection ; Vulcanology (After Richy & Kennedy), With Terrestrial Relief ; Structural Geology (After Umbgrove & Holmes) 1:50,000,000 ; Seismology (After Guttenberg & Richter), 150,000,000. Edited by John Bartholomew, M.C., LL.D. The Geographical Institute Edinburgh. Copyright, John Bartholomew & Son, LTD.
List No:
1552.020
Page No:
1
Series No:
20
Engraver or Printer:
William Clowes & Son Ltd.
Publication Author:
Bartholomew, John
Pub Date:
1959
Pub Title:
The Times Atlas of the World. Mid-Century Edition, Edited by John Bartholomew, M.C., LL.D. Cartographer by Royal Appointment of the late King George V, Gold Medalist of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Volume 1, The world, Australasia & East Asia, containing maps showing various aspects of the world entire; also Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, New Guinea, Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia, Indo-China, Thailand, Philippines, Burma, S-W Pacific, Indonesia, Malaya etc. With an Index-Gazetteer. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1958.
Pub Note:
Published in 5 volumes, 1955-1959, with 122 colored double page map sheets, and a comprehensive index of over 200,000 names. Because of the long production times involved in the work of compiling the detailed maps, the volumes were arranged in continental groupings with volume III, North Europe, coming out first, followed by another volume each year. V.1. The World, Australasia & East Asia --V.2. South-West Asia & Russia --V.3. Northern Europe --V.4. Southern Europe & Africa --V.5. The Americas. with an Index-Gazetteer. Bound in red linen, with label stamped in real gold reading "The Times Atlas of the World, Mid-Century Edition."
Pub List No:
1552.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
122
Pub Height cm:
50
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
1552020
Authors:
Bartholomew, John
Link To Source
World Physiography, Plate 1, v.1
