Maps
The maps are, unfortunately, the weakest part of this book. They are woodcuts or likely some other type of engraving. They are beautifully rendered, but they were bound facing each other with no tissue guards, as this was an inexpensive textbook for children. The result is a great deal of shadowing or bleeding from adjacent maps, resulting in a ghost image on each page. I have not tried to correct for this.
A feature I find particularly nice about these maps is the mountains. A light black, the detail is sort of lost in the background until you take a very close look.
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Date: 08/14/2008
Owner: Old Book Art
Size: 18 items
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Atlantic Ocean
Showing much of the world, actually. Parts of New Holland (Australia) and the Pacific Islands omitted.
Date: 08/14/2008
Views: 754
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Pacific Ocean
Again, much of the world. More than a single hemisphere, centered on the Pacific.
Date: 08/14/2008
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British Islands
Great Britain and Ireland. England, Wales, Scotland, the North Sea and the Irish Sea.
Date: 08/14/2008
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France, Switzerland
WIth Prussia, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, parts of England, Wales, Hungary, Turkey, Italy.
Date: 08/14/2008
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Germany
With a list of states in the Germanic Confederation.
Date: 08/14/2008
Views: 363
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Netherlands, Belgium
From the North Sea to Luxemburg.
Date: 08/14/2008
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Spain, Portugal
The Iberian Peninsula, with the nearby islands.
Date: 08/14/2008
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Italy, Turkey, Greece
Date: 08/14/2008
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Europe
Date: 08/14/2008
Views: 416
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Egypt
With Nubia, Abyssinia, "Soodan or Nigritia," and the upper and lower Nile.
Date: 08/14/2008
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Africa
The Entire southern interior, from The Mountains of the Moon to Hottentot Land is labeled the "Great Southern Desert". Madagascar, Guinea, Senegambia, and more.
Date: 08/14/2008
Views: 324
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Turkey, Arabia, Persia
From the Southern Arabian Peninsula to the Black and Caspian Seas and Independent Tartary.
Date: 08/14/2008
Views: 344
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