COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
Author:
Stanford, Edward, 1827-1904
Date:
1884
Short Title:
Stanford's portable map of India
Publisher:
Edward Stanford
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
39
Obj Width cm:
67
Scale 1:
5,500,000
Note:
2 outline hand color maps on folded sheets. Covering South India. Showing political and administrative divisions, cities, towns, roads, railroads, mountains and rivers. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich.
Reference:
Imago Mundi vol 41, 1989, Francis Herbert "The London Atlas of Universal Geography."
Country:
India
Region:
South Asia
Full Title:
Stanford's portable map of India : shewing its present divisions and the adjacent parts of Beluchistan, Afghanistan, Turkestan, the Chinese Empire, Burmah and Siam. London: Published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, S.W. April 2nd., 1884. (to accompany) Stanford's London Atlas Of Universal Geography. Folio edition.
List No:
11741.040
Page No:
46
Series No:
40
Publication Author:
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
Publication Author:
Stanford, Edward, 1827-1904
Pub Date:
1884
Pub Title:
Stanford's London Atlas Of Universal Geography. Folio edition.
Pub Note:
Stanford's London Atlas Of Universal Geography, exhibiting the physical and political divisions of the various countries of the world. Partial folio edition published by Edward Stanford Ltd. Atlas dated 1884 by the maps. The Stanford map making company had been active in London since 1854. In 1874 they acquired the London atlas of 1834 from John Arrowsmith, with 50 maps which had increased to over 65 maps within 30 years. According to Francis Herbert, Stanford released a special limited edition in 1884 with 70 maps - our copy appears to be a partial set of those maps. Of the 70 plates, this portfolio contains 31 loose hand colored maps on 41 sheets in dark green cloth half bound leather portfolio with title stamped in gilt on the front cover. Title from the cover. Maps dated 1841-1884. Consists of sheets: 6-28, 30-32, 35-41, 43, 45,-46, 51-53, 57-58. Including maps of the continents, countries, kingdoms and empires. Showing political and administrative divisions, place names, and geographical features. Many maps printed on 2 or more sheets. Some sheets include 2 maps. On most maps noted: "Stanford’s Geographical Establishment, London." Most maps by J. Arrowsmith. Only two complete sets of the 1884 edition are known to exist, both in the archives of George Philip, who had taken over Stanford's in the mid-twentieth century, now held at the Royal Geographic Society, London. Eventually Stanford updated and added new plates. In 1887 Stanford published the London Atlas of universal geography folio edition with 90 plates. It contained important new maps, including the North Pole, Malta, Cyprus, the approaches to the Black Sea, parts of Canada and Australia.
Pub List No:
11741.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
41
Pub Height cm:
58
Pub Width cm:
40
Image No:
11741040.jp2
Authors:
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873; Stanford, Edward, 1827-1904
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Stanford's portable map of India
