A Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection Shewing the principal Ocean Steam Routes, the Submarine Telegraphs &c.

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Original engraved map of the world (69.5 x 103.5 cm) with outline colour, dissected into 40 panels and laid onto linen, two panels with marbled endpapers, folding into original brown cloth slipcase with publisher's yellow title label to upper portion. The map recording steam routes including travel times and underwater telegraph cables; map inserts of the Arctic and Antarctica (polar projection) in lower right and lower left quadrants. Some occasional light soiling, generally an excellent example. Edward Stanford, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, acquired the plates and stock of John Arrowsmith in 1874. N° de ref. del artículo 60068

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