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| Keywords: Fullarton, French Ports & Harbours, and Plan of Paris, 1872 - David Rumsey.jpg In full color Seven maps include 1 Paris and its surrounding fortifications by J Bartholomew F R G S 2 Boulogne 3 Le Havre 4 Cherbourg 5 Brest 6 Marseilles 7 Toulon Harbour 1872 Size cm 30 47 David Rumsey Historical Map Collection object history exhibition history credit line 1st edition 1864; published in 27 parts 1854-62 The date of 1872 is estimated by the Australia map; all the maps are undated and probably date throughout the period 1864 to 1872 the North America map shows Colorado and Russian America while the United States map has no Colorado The World maps show Alaska This is the last highly decorative atlas published in England Even the maps without views or figures are beautifully engraved and colored with a mixture of printed color and hand color Swanston Petermann Bartholomew Macnab and Johnson engraved the maps The introduction by Shaw among other things lists important general atlases published over a long period He lists only one United States atlas Mitchell's Universal Atlas of 1853 The maps bear a superficial resemblance to Keith Johnston's Royal Atlas Fullarton frequently gives the sources for his maps - for the United States maps he gives Calvin Smith and Tanner as sources The atlas is bound in half leather dark green cloth covered boards with The Royal Illustrated Atlas stamped in gilt on the cover; the spine reads Royal Illustrated Atlas in gold accession number place of creation http //www davidrumsey com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~3432~390046 David Rumsey Historical Map Collection <gallery>File Fullarton Paris and its surrounding fortifications 1872 - David Rumsey jpg </gallery> PD-100 Maps of Paris in the 19th century Maps of fortifications in Paris 1872 in Paris Transport in Boulogne-sur-Mer Port of Cherbourg Ports of Brest France Toulon harbour Old maps of Toulon Grand port maritime de Marseille 1872 maps David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Archibald Fullarton 19th-century maps of Paris | ||||
