Every Number has been the result of actual visits and careful observation. As far as it goes—and it embraces a very wide circuit—the Tourist cannot have a more accurate companion; nor, as we trust, can the general reader find a more varied and agreeable work of typography.
A DESCRIPTIVE ATLAS OF ASTRONOMY, AND OF PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY,
The descriptive letter-press by the Rev. Thomas Milner, M.A., F.R.G.S., Author of the “Gallery of Nature,” etc.
The design of this work is to furnish the reader with a guide to the general principles of Geographical and Astronomical Science, conveying information copious and trustworthy, both as respects the Maps of the Terrestrial and Celestial World, and the Explanatory Text by which they are accompanied.
I. Astronomical Maps.—Seven Maps and Planispheres illustrating this branch of the subject. The descriptive Letter-press presents a clear epitome of Astronomy, under the several divisions of—Historical Notices—the Solar System—Celestial and Terrestrial Phenomena—the Sidereal Heavens;—the whole illustrated and exemplified by numerous Engravings and Diagrams.
II. Physical Maps.—These are constructed by Augustus Petermann, F.R.G.S. They form general views of the whole Globe, and exhibit the—Distribution of Temperature: Different Zones, Extremes of Temperature, Extent of Polar Ice and Permanent Frozen Ground—Distribution of Water: Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes; the Currents of the Ocean, Extent of Seaweed, etc.—Distribution of Land: Mountain Ranges, Table Lands, Plains, Deserts, Llanos, Savannas, and Pampas; and of active Volcanoes, and the Regions visited by Earthquakes—Distribution of Plants, Animals, and the Human Race.
The Letter-press accompanying these Maps gives the principal data on which the graphical delineation is based, together with a concise explanation of the chief natural Phenomena.
III. Political Maps.—These Maps, fifty-one in number, present the Topographical and Statistical features of the Countries in a novel and simple manner; the former are delineated in a very accurate and elaborate style, and illustrated by Sections, taken across the Countries, showing the elevation of the land above the sea-level; while the latter are represented so as to exhibit the number of inhabitants of every place on the Map. The Maps carefully revised and corrected to the present time, and many novel and useful features introduced by A. Petermann, Esq., F.R.G.S. Each Map is accompanied by Letter-press, describing in brief language its grand natural Divisions, its Valleys, Rivers, Mountains, prevailing Geological Structure, chief Political Divisions and Cities, with the Manners, Religion, and Industrial Occupation of its Inhabitants, illustrated, where necessary, with Vignettes and Diagrams on Wood. A copious Consulting Index, both to the Letter-press and Maps, is given—in the latter case, with a reference to the position on the Map of the district or city named.
The price of this Work is the lowest consistent with correctness and elegance of engraving. The entire Work, consisting of Seventy-five Maps, full coloured, handsomely bound in cloth, 31s. 6d., or half-bound russia or morocco, 35s.
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