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564 new online maps and images were added to the David Rumsey Collection in July (but not yet reported on MAPS-L). Included are Jacob Green's Astronomical Recreations, an early U.S. celestial atlas published by Anthony Finley in 1824; Finley's pocket map version of his American Atlas, 1827; the graphically stunning Atlas Elementaire by Soulier and Andriveau-Goujon, published in Paris in 1838; a German atlas version of J. Calvin Smith's important Map of the United States from 1852; an extensive geography text with maps - Colton's Illustrated Cabinet Atlas of 1859, also online as a flip book at the Internet Archive; and the Ice Atlas of the Northern Hemisphere showing the extent of sea ice in 1946. For full descriptions see: http://www.davidrumsey.com/blog/2010/7/4/july-4-2010-564-new-maps-added Philip Hoehn San Francisco -- [email protected] ____________________________________________________________ Compare Life Ins Rates Protect Your Family Today for under $1/day. Quotes from top providers http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c8ff4e723078c8df3dst01vuc _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
