"Approuvée par son exce. le Ministre de l'instruction publique.", Appears in the author's Atlas de geographie commercial et industriel. 1855-1857., In top margin: Géographie commerciale et industrielle., and Includes 14 col. ill. of commercial activities and t
Publisher:
Bulla fre[re]s., rue Tiquetonne 16, et boulevart Poissonniére 17 & 19,
Subject (Geographic):
North America--Maps
Subject (Name):
Bulla (Firm), Langevin, and Vuillemin, A. (Alexandre), 1812-. Atlas de geographie commercial et industriel
Abtheilung V, oro-und hydrographische Karte v. Nordamerica and Hydrographische Karte v. Nordamerica
Description:
At head of title: Abtheilung V., In lower right margin: Lith. u. gedr. im geogr. lith. Institut v. Albr. Platt., In upper right margin: Platt's grosser Atlas der Erde, no. 64., Prime meridian: Paris., and Relief shown by hachures.
Continuation inset: Central America [12 x 17 cm., scale ca. 1:11,000,000] and Includes time and distance table, list of Presidents, 1860 population statistics, and explanation of British American possessions.
Publisher:
Haasis & Lubrecht,
Subject (Geographic):
North America--Maps and United States--Maps
Subject (Name):
B.B. Russell & Co., publisher, Ch. Lubrecht & Co., publisher, Haasis & Lubrecht, publisher, J. & D. Beatson Co., publisher, and Lubrecht & Co., publisher
Mexican situation, New commercial atlas map of Mexico, New commercial atlas map of North America., Rand McNally new commercial atlas map of North America., and Rand, McNally & Co.'s new business atlas map of Mexico
Description:
Also shows positions of U.S. and Mexican warships, U.S. forts, and principal garrisons of Federal-Mexican troops in north Mexico. and Text of "The Mexican situation" and "Rand McNally new commercial atlas map of North America" (scale [1:20,592,000]) on verso.
Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543. Ambassadors Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547
Published / Created:
ca. 1885?]
Call Number:
2003 1481
Image Count:
9
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
Accompanied by small carved wooden stand, stamped "Hong Kong" and "Kin [Hanooc?]", BEIN 2003 1481: Imperfect: globe is cracked the length of the Pacific Ocean but there is no loss of text. With stand in box shelved as BEIN 2003 1481 2., Delineates Magellan's track and discoveries; shows North America as a continent distinct from Asia, separated by a strait., Nineteenth century facsimile of a 16th century terrestrial globe of the type depicted in Hans Holbein's 1533 painting commonly known as "The ambassadors.", The terrestrial globe in the Holbein painting was traditionally thought to have been based on a lost 1523 terrestrial globe by Johannes Schöner. Cf. Baynes-Cope, A.D. "The investigation of a group of globes" in: Imago mundi: Journal of the International Society for the History of Cartography, no. 33 (1981): 9-19. Cf. Dekker and Lippincott. "The scientific instruments in Holbein's 'Ambassadors': a re-examination" in: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, vol. 62 (1999): 93-125., and Title supplied by cataloger.