MAKE A MEME View Large Image Desilver Map of the World - Geographicus - World-desilver-1856.jpg A fine example of Charles Desilver ™s 1856 double hemisphere map of the World Covers the entire world with color coding according to continents The map shows recent ...
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Keywords: 1856 Desilver Map of the World - Geographicus - World-desilver-1856.jpg A fine example of Charles Desilver ™s 1856 double hemisphere map of the World Covers the entire world with color coding according to continents The map shows recent discoveries in the Antarctic as well as the routes of various prominent explorers including Cook Gore and the U S Exploring Expedition Desilver began issuing this map in 1856 when he acquired S A Mitchell ™s copyrights and printing plates Desilver ™s changes to Mitchell ™s plates are largely limited to his addition of the grillwork border seen here However the most significant difference between the two publishers is Desilver ™s choice of a completely new color scheme forgoing Mitchell ™s intense greens and blues for Colton ™s yellow and pink pastels Issued as plate no 1 in the 1856 edition of Desilver ™s New Universal Atlas 1856 dated Size in 15 10 5 object history credit line accession number World-desilver-1856 Desilver C <i>A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires Kingdoms States and Republics Of The World </i> Philadelphia 1856 Geographicus-source PD-art Maps by Charles Desilver 1856 maps Old maps of Earth's hemispheres
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