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A New General Atlas, Constructed from the Latest Authorities, by A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to the Prince Regent, Exhibiting the Boundaries and Divisions also the Chains of Mountains and other Geographical Features of all the Known Countries in the World; Comprehended in Fifty Three Maps from Original Drawings.
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Edinburgh and London / 1817
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9.5 x 12 inches
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Antique world atlas by one Britain's all-time greatest mapmakers, Aaron Arrowsmith. The atlas includes 53 engraved maps, including two of the world and six of the Americas.

The atlas was first published in 1817 and was reissued a number of times afterward. This is the first edition.

David Rumsey (5960) says of the atlas:

Although the maps are not large, they are dense with information. This complete atlas features index and 53 copperplate maps, drawn by Arrowsmith and engraved by Sidney Hall, with a few engraved by Thomson in collaboration with Hall. The maps include two world, 29 related to Europe and Scandinavia, 16 on Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and six related to the Americas. The United States map shows Georgia extending from the coast to the Mississippi River. The area west of the Mississippi is blank and labeled Louisiana. Engraved title page has Atlas holding the globe above two putti, one sailing a dingy, the other engaged in cartographic studies with a globe, map and dividers.

Condition Description
Quarto. Contemporary ½ calf over marbled boards (backstrip somewhat worn and defective). Contents clean and bright, as illustrated, partially hand-colored in outline throughout.
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