England and Wales. Edinburgh; W. & A.K. Johnston

• Main Authors: W. & A.K. Johnston Limited, W. & A.K. Johnston
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: W. & A.K. Johnston 1839
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenwich; Weir
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Map of England and Wales and vicinity. Shows political boundaries, cities, routes, railways, topography, drainage, coastlines and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar scale. "Longitude West from Greenwich Longitude East from Greenwich." With a statistical table featuring surface area, population, capital cities and religion. Map is 29 x 22 cm, on sheet 35 x 27 cm. Hand-colored engraving, including red tracings of a railway route between London and both Liverpool and Manchester. In second section of atlas, Modern maps. Edinburgh cabinet atlas by W. & A.K. Johnston Limited, 1839. World atlas containing forty-five maps, as well as two comparative charts - one comparing mountain heights around the globe, and the other river lengths. Bound in black board with brown leather spine and corners. Front cover and spine both have gilded title. Collation: [1] leaf, [1-3], 4-9, [10-11], 12-13 pages, 1-45, [46-47] leaves. Includes an engraved title page, table of contents, a historical text and an index listing place names with coordinate points. Maps appear in two sections: Ancient maps and Modern maps, respectively. Geographic coverage spans Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the Americas and Arctic regions, featuring the exploration routes of Arctic explorers. Maps show political boundaries, cities, routes, topography, deserts, drainage, coastlines and islands.