January 17, 2012
Detail of Geological Plan of the Port of San Francisco (1839) from Beechey’s Voyage - BibliOdyssey

Detail of Geological Plan of the Port of San Francisco (1839) from Beechey’s Voyage - BibliOdyssey

11:10pm  |   URL: http://olio-ataxia.tumblr.com/post/16028334260/beecheys-voyage
(No. OF NOTES: 137)
  
FILED UNDER: diagrams maps pink cartography geology island coast needle rock San Francisco Beechey's Voyage 19th Century 
October 19, 2011
Western Europe and northwestern Africa  from The Vallard Atlas 1547

Western Europe and northwestern Africa  from The Vallard Atlas 1547

6:41pm  |   URL: http://olio-ataxia.tumblr.com/post/11658034213/western-europe-and-northwestern-africa-from-the-vallard
(No. OF NOTES: 29)
  
FILED UNDER: The Vallard Atlas 16th Century France maps charts cartography coastline islands linework drawing 
October 19, 2011
The Aegean Sea from The Vallard Atlas 1547 For more background information, see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/10/vallard-atlas.html (5000px wide original here)

The Aegean Sea from The Vallard Atlas 1547

For more background information, see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/10/vallard-atlas.html

(5000px wide original here)

2:52am  |   URL: http://olio-ataxia.tumblr.com/post/11637494404/the-aegean-sea-from-the-vallard-atlas-1547
(No. OF NOTES: 50)
  
FILED UNDER: Bibliodyssey maps charts cartography history 16th Century beautiful drawing linework large images map sea islands coastline navigational chart The Vallard Atlas dieppe school portolan charts atlas 
October 19, 2011
detail from The Aegean Sea  The Vallard Atlas 1547 Unusually, north is shown at the bottom of the maps in the style of Muslim cartographers (very rare in European Christian mapping) For more background information, see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/10/vallard-atlas.html (5000px wide original here)

detail from The Aegean Sea  The Vallard Atlas 1547

Unusually, north is shown at the bottom of the maps in the style of Muslim cartographers (very rare in European Christian mapping)

For more background information, see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/10/vallard-atlas.html

(5000px wide original here)

2:47am  |   URL: http://olio-ataxia.tumblr.com/post/11637260974/the-aegean-sea-from-the-vallard-atlas
(No. OF NOTES: 21)
  
FILED UNDER: Aegean Sea charts coastline details drawings historical maps history maps ocean sea islands navigational chart France 16th Century cartography linework red dieppe school portolan charts atlas 
August 10, 2011
Early Korean map. Woodblock print. via freakyfauna:

Early Korean map. Woodblock print.

via freakyfauna:

3:41am  |   URL: http://olio-ataxia.tumblr.com/post/8717427834/early-korean-map-woodblock-print
(No. OF NOTES: 39)
  
FILED UNDER: arrows cartography woodblock print Black and White geography Korea river 
July 13, 2011
Nevada Basin. (Geological) (detail) (Original)

Nevada Basin. (Geological) (detail)

(Original)

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(No. OF NOTES: 9)
  
FILED UNDER: Nevada brown cartography charts colour palette contours geography geological map pink pink red yellow contours diagrammatic diagrams maps 
July 13, 2011
Nevada Basin. (Geological) Map in full color with the legends on either side of the maps. Map extends from Argenta, Nevada to the west of Pyramid Lake (Lake Tahoe) in California. Below the map are two geologic cross sections

Nevada Basin. (Geological)

Map in full color with the legends on either side of the maps. Map extends from Argenta, Nevada to the west of Pyramid Lake (Lake Tahoe) in California. Below the map are two geologic cross sections

12:33am  |   URL: http://olio-ataxia.tumblr.com/post/7551095098/nevada-basin-geological
(No. OF NOTES: 13)
  
FILED UNDER: California Geology Nevada Basin cartography colour palette pink Lake Tahoe peach brown red chart scale diagrammatic diagrams maps 
July 12, 2011
Seismograms - sheet no. 3. Earthquake Investigation Commission. Photo. lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Md. (Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908) (detail) original here

Seismograms - sheet no. 3. Earthquake Investigation Commission. Photo. lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Md. (Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908) (detail)

original here

3:45pm  |   URL: http://olio-ataxia.tumblr.com/post/7533536495/seismograms-detail
(No. OF NOTES: 44)
  
FILED UNDER: cartography diagram Seismograms earthquake diagrammatic diagrams maps 
July 12, 2011
Seismograms - sheet no. 3. Earthquake Investigation Commission. Photo. lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Md. (Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908) (Detail)  Original here

Seismograms - sheet no. 3. Earthquake Investigation Commission. Photo. lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Md. (Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908) (Detail) 

Original here

1:05pm  |   URL: http://olio-ataxia.tumblr.com/post/7530686288/seismograms-sheet-no-3-detail-1
(No. OF NOTES: 12)
  
FILED UNDER: cartography charts diagram circular drawing line Seismograms Earthquake Investigation Commission Atlas of maps and seismograms geological map diagrammatic diagrams maps 
July 12, 2011
Seismograms - sheet no. 3. Earthquake Investigation Commission. Photo. lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Md. (Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908)

Seismograms - sheet no. 3. Earthquake Investigation Commission. Photo. lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Md. (Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908)

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(No. OF NOTES: 12)
  
FILED UNDER: by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, Md. (Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908) Atlas of maps and seismograms accompanying the report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission upon the California earthquake of April 18, 1906. Andrew C. Lawson, G.K. Gilbert, H.F. Reid, J.C. Branner, A.O. Leuschner, George Davidson, Charles Burckhalter, W.W. Campbell. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, D.C. 1908. (seal) Carnegie Institution of Washington 1902. Seismograms geological map cartography charts Earthquake Investigation Commission David Rumsey Historical Map Collection California diagrammatic diagrams maps