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The river systems of Asia & Europe: showing the boundaries and comparative extent of the river basins and the seas to which they contribute their waters

infoJohnston, Keith (A.K.); Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm; Johnston, William; 1849

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Map of the rivers and river basins of Europe and Asia. In Southeast Asia, the Irawady and Menam Kong basins are shown, with their area in square miles (and their area as a multiple of the size of the Pregel River basin).

Details

Date

1849

Map Maker

Johnston, Keith (A.K.); Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm; Johnston, William

Printer/Publisher

William Blackwood & Sons

Publication Location

Edinburgh; London

Attributes

Longitude and Latitude

Written Note/Details

Insets

Legend

Features

River

Library Catalogue

Title

The river systems of Asia & Europe, [map] : showing the boundaries and comparative extent of the river basins and the seas to which they contribute their waters, extended from the original designs of Professor Berghaus

Shelfmark

Allen LRO 393 (Weston Stack)

Further information

by A.K. Johnston ...

Author

Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 ; Berghaus, Hermann, 1828-1890 ; William Blackwood and Sons, publisher ; W. & A.K. Johnston Limited, engraver

Map Data

Scale [1:20,000,000].

Extent

1 scans.

Publisher Details

[Edinburgh] : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London.

Publication Date

[1849]

Format

1 map ; 50 x 58 cm

Language

English

Is Part Of

Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 Physical atlas Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1849

Subjects

Watersheds -- Asia -- Maps; Watersheds -- Europe -- Maps

Aleph System Number

013455026

Type

Map

Miscellaneous Notes

General Note: "Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston".
General Note: "Physical Atlas" ; "Hydrology No.5".
General Note: Inset diagram: "Comparative view of the fall of the rivers Volga, Ganges, Danube, Elbe, Rhine, Rhone & Clyde with the positions of some of the most remarkable lakes above & below the level of the sea".
General Note: Greenwich meridian.
Geographic Coverage Note: Europe and Asia.

Additional Information

William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London.

Copy-specific Notes

Open note in new window Notes for Bodleian Library: Allen LRO 393 Folded sheets: folded once. - Hand coloured ill.: Hand coloured: basin boundaries.

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