COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Arrowsmith, Aaron Jr.
Date:
1845
Short Title:
World on Mercator Projection
Publisher:
G.F. Cruchley
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
23
Obj Width cm:
31
Scale 1:
112,000,000
Note:
Hand color map, with outline color by international boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich.
World Area:
World
Full Title:
World on Mercator Projection. Re- Published, Jany st. 1845, by G.F. Cruchley, Mapseller, 81 Fleet Street, London. (to accompany) Outlines Of The World. By A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to His Majesty. 1850.
List No:
6842.005
Page No:
2
Series No:
5
Engraver or Printer:
Pickersgill, H.W.
Engraver or Printer:
Dean, T.A.
Publication Author:
Arrowsmith, Aaron Jr.
Pub Date:
1850
Pub Title:
Outlines Of The World. By A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to His Majesty. 1850. Published Jany st. 1847, by G.F. Cruchley, Mapseller, 81 Fleet Street, London. Addition to 1850. (title page portrait) Aaron Arrowsmith Esquire. H.W. Pickersgill A.R.A. Pinxt. T.A. Dean Sculpt.
Pub Note:
2nd edition, first was 1825 (see our 2550.000). The first edition was issued in the year following the elder Arrowsmith's death in 1824, and dedicated to him. As with the first edition, there is a portrait of A. Arrowsmith Sr in this second edition and all of the maps appear to have been updated, showing changes in the intervening 25 years. Atlas is (2), 45 pages, including 44 maps, bound in half leather brown cloth covered boards, with title on cover "Arrowsmith's New Atlas", and "Arrowsmith's Atlas" stamped on the spine in gold. Maps are hand painted with outline color.
Pub List No:
6842.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
44
Pub Height cm:
38
Pub Width cm:
31
Image No:
6842005
Authors:
Arrowsmith, Aaron Jr.
Link To Source
World on Mercator Projection
