[Series of maps from Dr. William Smith's ancient atlas]

Alternative Title:

Dr. William Smith's ancient atlas an atlas of ancient geography, biblical & classical : to illustrate the directory of the Bible and the classical dictionaries

Description:

[edited by William Smith]. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Bar scales on maps given in "Millia passuum roman", "Stadia", "Milliaria anglica", "Schoeni s. parasangae", "Millia passuum romanorum", "Passus et pedes romani", "Pedes anglici", "Metra gallica", "English statute miles", "Roman miles", "Jewish cubits", "English miles", "Greek stadia", "English feet". Shows topography, vegetation, drainage, boundaries, land and sea travel routes, places of historical interest. Includes legends and indexes: [Sites of historical interest]. Descriptive text: Sources and authorities for the maps. Profile view: Section E. & W. through Jerusalem. In English and Latin. Inset maps: Map [10]: Kingdoms of the successors of Alexander after the division at Babylon (323) and Triparadisus (321) -- Kingdoms of the successors of Alexander after the battle of Ipsus (301 B.C.). Map [11]: Empire of the Parthians. Map [14]: Libyae ora occidentalis a freto gaditano usque ad desertum -- Agrigentum -- Italia inferior : magna Graecia tempore belli Peloponnesiaci -- Sicilia : tempore belli Peloponnesiaci -- Syracusae -- Bosporus cimmerius -- Chersonesus heracleotica : Heracleae ponticae colonia. Map [15]: Oceanus hyperboreus : S. Cronius S. Mortuus. Map [17]: Gallia at the time of Caesar -- Insula batavorum. Map [18]: Germania magna according to Ptolemy. Map [29]: Sicilia -- Crater sive cumanus s. puteolanus sinus. Map [39]: Towns tributary to the Athenians : according to the lists given in the inscriptions which have been found on the Acropolis of Athens. Map [42]: Plan of Athens -- The environs of Athens -- Eleusis -- Marathon -- The harbours of Athens -- Acropolis. Map [51]: India Ptolemaei : secundum interpretationem / profris. C. C. Lassen -- Indorum provincia Pentepotamica : (tempori Alex. Mag. praesertim accommodata et) amplioribus spatiis illustrata -- India trans Gagem / prepared by Co. H. Yule, C.B. ; engraved by Edwd. Weller. Map [52]: Carthago -- Portus. Map [54]: Aethiopia : supra Aegyptum. Map [59]: Mount Sinai : reduced from the ordnance survey -- Wady Feiran & Jebel Serbal : from the ordnance survey.

Creator:

Smith, William, 1813-1893, Strutt, Arthur John, 1819-1888, Müller, Carl, 1813-, Weller, Edward, -1884, Murray, John, 1778-1843, and Saunders, Trelawney, 1821-1910

Publisher:

John Murray,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Geography, Twelve tribes of Israel, and Christianity

Date Issued:

1872-1874

Spatial Coverage:

Palestine, Jerusalem, Middle East, Babylon (Extinct city), Nineveh (Extinct city), Troy (Extinct city), Carthage (Extinct city), Alexandria (Egypt), and Istanbul (Turkey)

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Rights Holder:

Images from the Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu

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