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Very good. Size 13.25 x 15.75 Inches. A hand-colored 1860 comparative chart of world rivers and waterfalls, prepared by Filippo Naymiller and engraved by Pietro Allodi. This is one of the few examples of a comparative geographical chart published in Italian. A Closer Look The upper-left half of the sheet consists of the world's longest rivers, divided by continent, with riverside cities and settlements, forts, tributaries, adjoining lakes, and mountains near the source noted. At bottom-right is a depiction of the world's tallest waterfalls emanating from a mountain, with their height noted in 'Parisian' (French) feet. The note at bottom-left explains the placement of the Amazon first among American rivers, even though the Mississippi is longer (at least by terms employed here). The determination of the length of rivers would change somewhat in the following decades as measurements improved and Europeans gained a better understanding of the interior of other continents. Most notably, Lake Victoria had only just been discovered by Europeans in 1858, setting off a heated debate among Britain's geographic community. It was not firmly established as the source of the Nile for some years afterward. Publication History and Census This chart was prepared by Filippo Naymiller, engraved by Pietro Allodi, and published by Francesco Pagnoni in Milan around 1860. It may have appeared in the scarce atlas Atlante universale di geografia antica e moderna . In any event, this chart is only cataloged in the OCLC among the holdings of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. References: OCLC 248695647.

Very good. Even overall toning. Light foxing and centerfold wear. Size 17.75 x 23.5 Inches. A striking c. 1835 comparative chart illustrating the world's most famous waterfalls. The chart, in the 'Tableau Comparatif' model, sets the world's greatest waterfalls, as understood in the early 19th century, in sharp contrast with one another. When this chart was issued, the great waterfalls of the African Rift Valley and South America had yet to be discovered by Europeans. Thus, the tallest waterfall in the world is here presented as the Cascade de Gavarnie (422m), located in the Hautes-Pyrénées, France. Other waterfalls noted include the falls of the Missouri (186m), Niagara Falls (51m), and Switzerland's Staubbach Falls (297m). The artist, Himely, here attempts to represent the falls somewhat as they look in life, although has them all flowing into a single theoretical basin. Publication History and Census This map was compiled by the French mountaineer and geologist Louis Bruguière and drawn by the Swiss painter Sigismond Himely. It was published c. 1835 by the firm of Andriveau-Goujon for in editions of their popular Atlas Classique et Universel. .