Suommen kaupungit. = Villes de Finlande. = Finlands städer. : 1, Tornio = Torneå -- 2, Kemi -- 3, Oulu = Uleåborg -- 4, Raahe = Brahestad -- 5, Nikolaistad (Vasa) = Nikolainkaupunki (Vaasa) -- 6, Kasko = Kaskinen -- 7, Kristinestad = Kristiinankaupunki -- 8, Jakobstad = Piertarsaari -- 9, Gamlakarleby = Kokkola -- 10, Nykarleby = Uusikaarlepyy. Aktiebolaget F. Tilgmann, Helsingfors 1910.
Ten city maps of Finland. Maps show political boundaries, railways, roads, bridges, parks, topography, vegetation, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and water routes as of 1910. Maps include a shared legend and explanatory notes, as well as a bar scale and scale statement. Colored litho...
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Aktiebolaget F. Tilgmanns bok- och stentryckeri
1910
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| Summary: | Ten city maps of Finland. Maps show political boundaries, railways, roads, bridges, parks, topography, vegetation, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and water routes as of 1910. Maps include a shared legend and explanatory notes, as well as a bar scale and scale statement. Colored lithograph. Map is 39 x 56 cm, on double sheet 43 x 60 cm. Text presented in parallel Finnish, French and Swedish. Preceded by section title page for maps. Atlas öfver Finland, by Sällskapet för Finlands geografi [Suomen Maantieteellinen Seura]; published in Helsinki, 1907. Title translates to: Atlas of Finland. Bound in dark green board with title and coat of arms for Finland on front cover, printed in white. Collation: 2° : [1-4], [I], II-III, [1], 2-7, [55] double leaves of plates. Volume comprised of a title page, editorial board list, preface, table of contents, statistical tables and 302 maps, as well as numerous charts. Maps topics include topography, geology, seismology, hydrology, climate, phytogeography, agriculture, zoology, statistics, economics, transportation, communication, linguistics, electoral politics, education and historical cartography. Maps also show cities, railways, roads, canals, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Some maps employ data visualization to convey information, such as on light houses and the illumination they produce. For related item in collection - the first edition of the atlas, published in 1899 - see Pub List No. 14366.000. According to the preface, this edition was published because the 1899 edition "was so well received by the public in its own country and among the representatives of geographical science that continuing to work in the same direction appeared to the Society as an inalienable duty." |
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