North America. Designed by M. Whiting-Spilhaus, 1929-1930. Printed in Great Britain by George Philip & Son, Limited, 32 Fleet Street, London.
Pictorial map of North America, in chromolithographed bird's-eye view. Shows cities, topography and drainage, as well as natural features (e.g.: Death Valley), natural resources and representative figures, such as indigenous peoples. Relief illustrated pictorially. Historical text throughout, e...
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George Philip & Son, Ltd.
1930
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| Online Access: | https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~324881~90093963 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/185/14071000.jpg |
| Summary: | Pictorial map of North America, in chromolithographed bird's-eye view. Shows cities, topography and drainage, as well as natural features (e.g.: Death Valley), natural resources and representative figures, such as indigenous peoples. Relief illustrated pictorially. Historical text throughout, e.g.: Montezuma, emperor of the Aztecs . Includes vignettes of historical figures and events. Decorative border. With inset: North Pole. Map is 86 x 72, on sheet 104 x 79 cm. Cartographer Margaret Whiting Spilhaus was a South African author of several historical books concerned with the Age of Exploration and colonial history and produced a series of pictorial maps of continents. https://www.georgeglazer.com/archives/maps/archive-us/spilhausna.html |
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