Map Collection

CRH1960.13:- 
Atlas, Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, maps of the World, by Alexander Keith Johnston, published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, Lothian, 1875.
The atlas includes maps of the World in hemispheres and on Mercator's projection; the World country or region by region, including England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, each country or region with a gazetteer.
inscription:-  printed -on- title page THE / ROYAL ATLAS / OF / MODERN GEOGRAPHY / EXHIBITING, IN A SERIES OF ENTIRELY ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC MAPS, THE PRESENT CONDITIONS OF / GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH IN THE SEVERAL COUNTRIES, / EMPIRES, AND STATES OF THE WORLD / BY / ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON / GEOGRAPHER TO THE QUEEN FOR SCOTLAND / ... / WITH A SPECIAL INDEX TO EACH MAP / A NEW EDITION / WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS / EDINBURGH AND LONDON / MDCCCLXXV
inscription:-  -on- spine THE / ROYAL / ATLAS / KEITH JOHNSTON
dimension:-  wxh = 34.5x51cm

MN: 18.7.2000