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The World. Drawn by A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to the Prince Regent. Engraved by Sidney Hall, No. 14 Bury Street, Bloomsby. Edinburgh, Published by Archibald. Constable & Co. 1817.
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The World. Drawn by A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to the Prince Regent. Engraved by Sidney Hall, No. 14 Bury Street, Bloomsby. Edinburgh, Published by Archibald. Constable & Co. 1817.

Zoomable full resolution image available at davidrumsey.com. This image //www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?q=list_no=%225960.004%22 5960.004 is a part of image group 5960.000. First edition of Arrowsmith atlas published in 1817. Although the maps are not large, they are dense with information. This complete atlas features index and 53 copperplate maps, drawn by Arrowsmith and engraved by Sidney Hall, with a few engraved by Thomson in collaboration with Hall. The maps include two world, 29 related to Europe and Scandinavia, 16 on Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and six related to the Americas. The United States map shows Georgia extending from the coast to the Mississippi River. The area west of the Mississippi is blank and labeled Louisiana. Engraved title page has Atlas holding the globe above two putti, one sailing a dingy, the other engaged in cartographic studies with a globe, map and dividers. Hardbound with marbled paper and original paper label printed with "Arrowsmith's New General Atlas Comprehended in Fifty three Maps From Original Drawings. Price L 2,12,6. coloured". Black leather spine has a label embossed with "Atlas (18)17" in gilt. Maps have original outline

Date
1817
Mapmaker / publisher
Arrowsmith, Aaron:Corbould, H.:Heath, Chas.:Hall, S.:Thomson & Hall
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
atlas page
Original size
5,100 × 3,900 pixels

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