- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Purchased from Sanders of Oxford in 2012.
- Primary inscriptions
- Entitled: 'Distribution of Heat Over the Globe.'. Above image: 'Physical Atlas' and 'Plate 18.'. Below: 'Engraved and Printed in Colours by W. and A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh.' and 'William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London.'.
- Physical material
- Paper
- Object type
- Dimensions
- Height: 556mm Width: 675mm
- Inventory No
- 13489
- Accession Number
- 2012-12/6
Description
Colour-printed meteorological map consisting of 4 world maps and 4 hemispheres. 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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