Outline of the geology of the globe. 1853. W. C. Sharp's Lith. Boston.
Hand-colored, lithographed geologic world map. Shows the major mountain ranges, lakes, drainage and deserts, as well as geological forces and the different strata across the globe, including primary fossiliferous strata, alluvial deposits and volcanoes. Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitudinal...
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Phillips, Sampson & Company
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| Summary: | Hand-colored, lithographed geologic world map. Shows the major mountain ranges, lakes, drainage and deserts, as well as geological forces and the different strata across the globe, including primary fossiliferous strata, alluvial deposits and volcanoes. Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a legend. With two inset maps: Supposed Antarctic Continent -- Comparative heights of continents & culminating points of mountains. First inset features Antarctic discoveries, with names of explorers and dates of voyages; second inset compares worldwide mountain elevations. Also, with a profile: [Mountain and volcano heights of the globe]. Map is 47 x 59 cm, on sheet 50 x 61 cm, folded to 20 x 11 cm. First of two maps in Hitchock's Geology of the globe. Hitchock's Geology of the globe, published in Boston, 1853. Includes introductory text, index, six pages of black and white lithographed illustrations numbered in association with the text, and two hand-colored lithographed fold-out geological maps, one of the world and the other of the United States and Canada. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by Phillips, Sampson & Co., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts." Stereotyped by Hobart & Robbins, New England Type and Stereotype Foundery. Boston. With a stamp on first (unnumbered) page: From T. F. Lamb, 56 Spruce St.; Portland, ME. Images of 129-page text in its entirety, as well as the 6-page index, can be found at the Internet Archive (see link in Pub Reference). The Geological Map of the United States and Canada is one of the earliest geological maps to cover both countries, coast to coast. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.261015/mode/2up |
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