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Title: Geographical and physical map of the world : on Mercator's Projection shewing the British possessions with the date of their accession, population, &c all the existing steam navigation, the overland route to India, with the proposed extension to Australia, also the route to Australia via Panama / by Smith Evans
Alternative Title: Emigration map of the world.
Emigration map of the world : on Mercator's projection with much useful information.
Creator: Evans, Smith, creator
Evans, Smith, cartographer
Davies, Benjamin Rees
Contributor: Letts, Son & Steer
Wilson, Effingham, 1783-1868
Saunders, Trelawney, 1821-1910
Date Created and/or Issued: 1849
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: First alternate title at head of map; second alternate title from cover. Includes a claim to South Victoria based on 1841 Ross Expedition. Lots of detail on potential emigration to various sites including California and Texas. Submaps: Mountain and Rivers of the World. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Evans, Henry Smith 98463.
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 44 x 62 cm., sheet 49 x 67 cm.
Identifier: 98463
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/4049
Language: English
Subject: World maps
Emigration and immigration--Maps
Time Period: 1849
Place: World
W 30°
E 45°/N 80°
S 80°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased from Museum Book Store, Feb. 1924

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