- Subject
- Print Collection
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Purchased from Sanders of Oxford in 2012.
- Primary inscriptions
- Entitled: 'Hyetographic or Rain Map of The World, with a Special Map of the Temperature and Rain Fall of India by A. K. Johnston, F.R.S.E.'. Above image: 'Physical Atlas Meteorology No.3 Plate 20'. Below: 'Engraved by W. & A. K. Johnston.' and 'William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London. | 1st. June 1854.'.
- Physical material
- Paper
- Object type
- Dimensions
- Height: 556mm Width: 673mm
- Inventory No
- 13488
- Accession Number
- 2012-12/5
Description
Colour-printed meteorological map of the world, with inset 'Rain Map of India' top right and graphs or diagrams along bottom. Large folded sheet, with mounting strip at outer crease. One of 5 meteorological maps (13487 to 13491) from the second edition of Johnston's 'Physical Atlas'. For historical commentary see narratives.
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