Handy Royal atlas of modern geography : exhibiting the present condition of geographical discovery and research in the several countries, empires, and states of the world /
Johnston, Alexander Keith,1804-1871.
W. & A.K. Johnston Limited.
William Blackwood and Sons.
Edinburgh ; London : W. & A.K. Johnston,
1877.
Relief shown by hachures.
Dedicated to H.R.H. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.
Previous editions published in 1864 and 1874.
Frontispiece: "North Polar Chart", including attached quarter circular flap showing recent discoveries in Northern Canada and Greenland.
Plate 34, Africa, shows differences from previous and subsequent editions.
Maps bear imprint "William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London".
Hand coloured boundaries.
Includes index.
North Polar Chart -- The World, in hemispheres -- Chart of the World, on Mercator's projection -- Europe -- Asia -- Oceania -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Africa -- North America -- West India Islands and North America -- West India Islands and Central America -- South America -- Alphabetical index.
Provenance: booklabel, typed, top left corner of front endpaper : Basile G. Dumont, 62b, Fulham Park Gardens, London, S.W.6.
Atlases