Basin of the North Atlantic Ocean, by Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. Engraved & printed by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, (1861)

• Main Authors: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871, W. & A.K. Johnston Limited
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: William Blackwood & Sons 1861
• Subjects: North Atlantic
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Engraved map. Continental boundaries hand col. Relief shown by hachures. Shows currents, etc. "Keith Johnston's general atlas 4." First edition. This atlas was one of the best world atlases published in England in the second half of the 19th century. The North America map shows Colorado as a Territory - very up to date on U.S. political changes (most U.S. atlases do not show Colorado until 1862) for an English Atlas. Also shows Nevada, and a horizontal Arizona. However, the western U.S. map shows none of this -- its layout is pre-1860. Maps have a mixture of hand colored outline and printed blue color for water. Covers are half leather brown cloth covered boards with "Keith Johnston's royal atlas of modern geography" stamped in gilt on the cover, and "The Royal Atlas. Keith Johnston. W. Blackwood & Sons" on the spine. Phillips, 835. National Maritime Museum. Catalogue, 507.