The Advanced Atlas Consisting of Forty Maps Embracing All the Latest Discoveries and Changes in Boundaries

Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Limited, London and Glasgow

About this Item

Brown boards with decorations in black and gilt. Corners bumped and edges abraded. Head and tail of spine very worn. nd. circa 1880 -90. BUT The main interest of this book lies in the additional material interleaved into this book. To wit: Map of the territory of the Pondoland Exploration and Mining Company; Map of Sitlacola, the British Bechualand Company's Property; Sketch Map of the Kirkcaldy and District Railway, 1889; Midland Railway Map of Railways in Ireland; Map of the West Clare Railway Opened for Traffic 2nd July 1887; Saragossa and Mediterranean Railway showing railways open and railways in construction; Map of Danube Collieries underground workings; Plan of Calcutta from The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Ltd; Map of Karachi Tramways (Kurrachee) from The East India Tramways Co. Ltd; Map of The North West Territories; Sketch Map of the Yukon District; Flier advertisingt the wealth of the Klondyke; Map of Nova Scotia shewing the Stewiacke Valley & Lansdowne Railway and it's extensions forming the Nova Scotia Grand Trunk Railway System ; Sketch showing The Lines Converging on Jersey City and the Hudson Tunnel Railway; Map of New South Wales showing the Wingello Coal Fields and Railway and other existing and proposed railways. Also 3 or 4 other pieces of ephemera. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Advanced Atlas Consisting of Forty Maps Embracing All the Latest Discoveries and Changes in Boundaries
• Publisher: William Collins Sons & Co. Limited, London and Glasgow
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good