[Mid]dleton's [pione]er map of the [w]orld, [as a?] plane and immoveable

[Mid]dleton's [pione]er map of the [w]orld, [as a?] plane and immoveable

Item Information

Title:
[Mid]dleton's [pione]er map of the [w]orld, [as a?] plane and immoveable
Title (alt.):
dleton's er map of the world
Date:
[ca. 1878]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Map projection
World maps
Places:
World
Extent:
1 map ; 59 cm. in diameter.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7h149v83d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Judd & Co.
Scale:
Scale not given
Language:
English
Notes:
Part of title missing; title approximated.
Flat earth map.
Shows the sun's path and country outlines.
Includes notes about the map; an entreaty for Great Britain to declare war on Russia, which recently took Kars and Batum in the Russo-Turkish War; and verses the author claims to have been written for her in 1841 when she was an infant on a ship from Falmouth to Barbadoes. Verses are the first and last stanzas of the poem "On a sleeping boy" by unknown author.
Identifier:
06_01_008378
Call #:
G3201.B71 1878 .M54x
Barcode:
39999065653097