| Summary: | (Citation/Reference) Phillips, 309 Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. Prime meridians: Washington (West Indies map) and Greenwich (maps of Canada). Main map covers parts of Central America including Mexico, Caribbean area islands. Smaller maps show parts of northeastern Canada. Maps include notes on population, square miles of land and water. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1844, by D.F. Robinson, in the Clerks office of the District Court of Connecticut."--Bottom left. Scales are derived based on latitude lines. Longitude coordinates for the West Indies map have been converted to Greenwich West meridian. Map [10] in Olney's school atlas, (Phillips, 309). West Indies map from: Olney's School Atlas (New York : Pratt, Woodford & Co. 1844-1847) which accompanies A practical system of modern geography. (Statement of Responsibility) drawn and eng. by Sherman & Smith.
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