November 5, 2011
The Solar System. Theory of the Seasons. from:  ’General Atlas Of The World: Containing Upwards Of Seventy Maps. Engraved On Steel, In The First Style Of Art, By Sidney Hall, William Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c. New Edition.  via BibliOdyssey

The Solar System. Theory of the Seasons.

from:  ’General Atlas Of The World: Containing Upwards Of Seventy Maps. Engraved On Steel, In The First Style Of Art, By Sidney Hall, William Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c. New Edition. 

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October 21, 2011
detail from 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)

detail from 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)

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October 20, 2011
Western Europe and northwestern Africa  from The Vallard Atlas 1547

Western Europe and northwestern Africa  from The Vallard Atlas 1547

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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)

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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)

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July 16, 2011
Collection: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Author: King, Clarence Date: 1876 Short Title: Composite: Geological maps I-V, 40th Parallel Survey.

Collection: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Author: King, Clarence

Date: 1876

Short Title: Composite: Geological maps I-V, 40th Parallel Survey.

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July 15, 2011
Collection: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Author: King, Clarence Date: 1876 Short Title: Composite: Geological maps I-V, 40th Parallel Survey.

Collection: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Author: King, Clarence

Date: 1876

Short Title: Composite: Geological maps I-V, 40th Parallel Survey.

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FILED UNDER: King, Clarence Date: 1876 Short Title: Composite: Geological maps I-V, 40th Parallel Survey. Pub Note: Magnificent, huge atlas showing the area of the 40th Parallel Survey in topographical and geological maps. Wheat notes: These are pioneer survey maps, and as such are most interesting. Mapping the West in so broad a cross-section had never before been attempted, a portent of things to come. King, at the age of 25, was made Geologist-in-charge of the Survey in 1867. He was formally ordered to examine and describe the geological structure, geographical condition and natural resources of a belt of country extending from the 120th meridian eastward to the 105th meridian, along the 40th parallel of latitude with sufficient expansion north and south to include the lines of 'Central' and 'Union Pacific' railroads... (Wheat). The topographical sheets depict features by brush shading rather than hachuring. In original binding -rare. Bound in green half leather with a label on the front, Geological and Topographical Atlas Accompanying the Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. Clarence King, Geologist in Charge. map charts colour palette David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Composite Map diagrammatic diagrams maps