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ATLASES RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY EDWARD STANFORD, 6, CHARING CROSS, LONDON.
THE COMPLETE ATLAS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOGRAPHY, containing 225 Modern, Classical, and Celestial Maps, including Plans of celebrated Cities, and an Alphabetical Index to 25,000 places, constructed and engraved on steel in the best manner, by eminent Geographers, with the new discoveries and other improvements up to the latest date. In One Volume, strongly bound in half-morocco, or in half-russia, with the Maps coloured, Price £9 10s.; or Bound in Two Volumes, coloured, Price £10.
THE GENERAL ATLAS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOGRAPHY, containing 174 Maps, exhibiting the political divisions and principal features of all the known parts of the World, with an Alphabetical Index. In One Volume, half-morocco or russia, Price £7 7s.
THE FAMILY ATLAS, containing 80 Coloured Maps, with the Index. Half-morocco, Price £3 3s.
*** Among the most important alterations to be found in this Edition, the Publisher would desire to mention--the Map of England and Wales, Geologically coloured, by Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland; the annexation of Oude in India; the Revision of the Map of the Asiatic Archipelago, by John Crawfurd, Esq., F.R.S., author of the celebrated Dictionary of the Archipelago; the discoveries in Africa by Dr. Livingston and others; the thorough revision of the Map of New Zealand, from the Admiralty Surveys of Captain Stokes, R.N., with Discoveries in the Interior, by Walter Mantell. Esq.; the Star Maps by Sir John Lubbock, Bart.; and the Plans of London and Paris, showing all the alterations in those cities to the latest date.
THE CYCLOPAEDIAN ATLAS, 39 Maps, with Index. Price £1 1s.
*** This is the Companion Atlas to the National, English, and other Cyclopaedias.
ATLAS OF INDIA, 26 Coloured Maps, revised by John Walker, Esq., Geographer to the Honourable East India Company. Half-bound, Price £1 1s.
EDUCATIONAL ATLASES.
HARROW MODERN ATLAS, 29 Maps, with Index. Price 12s. 6d.
HARROW MODERN JUNIOR ATLAS, 14 Maps, with Index. Price 7s.
SCHOOL ATLAS OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN GEOGRAPHY, 25 Maps, and Index to both Classical and Modern Maps. Price 12s. 6d.
HARROW CLASSICAL JUNIOR ATLAS, 11 Maps, with Index. Price 7s.
HARROW CLASSICAL ATLAS, 23 Maps, with Index. Price 12s. 6d.
UNIVERSITY ATLAS, 50 Maps, with Index. Price £1 11s. 6d.
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MAPS RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY EDWARD STANFORD,
6, CHARING CROSS, LONDON.
THE WORLD.
JOHNSTON'S COMMERCIAL CHART OF THE WORLD, on Mercator's Projection, containing the Position of every place of Commercial Importance, and showing the principal Currents of the Ocean, with their direction and rate of progress, with an enlarged Map of Central Europe, giving the Railway Communications, and distinguishing the States forming the German Customs Union; Tables of Distances between the Principal Ports, &c. Scale, about 5 1/2 deg. to 1 inch; size, 6 feet by 4 feet 8 inches; in 4 sheets, coloured, £2 12s. 6d.; mounted in morocco case, or rollers, varnished, £3 3s.; on spring roller, £6 6s.
THE WORLD, on MERCATOR'S PROJECTION, designed by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Price, 2 sheets, 1s. 6d.; case 3s.
ENGLAND AND WALES.
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES, by SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, F.R.S., D.C.L., Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland. Third Edition, corrected to the present date, fully coloured by hand. Price, sheet, 5s.; case, 7s.
A SPLENDID MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES, on a scale of 5 miles to an inch, with all the Railroads and Railway Stations distinctly laid down (projected from the Triangulation, made under the Direction of the Hon. Board of Ordnance). The Map comprises the principal Roads, Rivers, and Canals; the Parliamentary Divisions of Counties; the Site of nearly every Church, distinguishing the nature of the Living; the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; and the Distance in Miles and Furlongs of each City and Town from the General Post Office, London. Price in 9 sheets, £2 12s. 6d.; coloured and mounted on canvas and rollers, or in case, £3 13s. 6d.; rollers varnished, £4 4s.; spring rollers, £6 6s.
STANFORD'S TRAVELLING RAILWAY AND ROAD MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES, on a scale of 12 miles to the inch; size, 36 inches by 42, fully coloured, price, 1 sheet, 6s.; case, 8s. 6d.; rollers varnished, 12s.
*** For list of Maps and Handbooks to the Continent, see Stanford's "Passport Circular," sent free by post for one stamp.
LONDON, COLOURED TO SHOW THE NEW POSTAL DISTRICTS.
A NEW MAP OF LONDON, on a Large Scale, compiled from actual Survey, comprehending all the recent improvements, and coloured to show the new Postal Districts. Size 74 inches by 50 inches. Price, in case, 42s.; or on rollers and varnished, £3 3s.
THE MAP OF LONDON, coloured to show the New Postal Districts, prepared by direction of Her Majesty's Postmaster-General, for the use of the Provincial and London Post Offices, to facilitate the earlier delivery of letters, &c. Price, sheet, 5s.; case, 7s. 6d.; rollers varnished, 10s. 6d.
THE USEFUL KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY'S MAP OF LONDON, coloured to show the NEW POSTAL DISTRICTS, with the Post Office List of principal streets and places as divided into Postal Districts, by command of the Postmaster-General. Price, plain, 1s.; coloured, 1s. 6d. in sheet or folded; mounted on linen in case, 2s. 6d.; rollers varnished, 6s.
SCOTLAND.
A MAP OF SCOTLAND, with all the Railroads and Railway Stations, the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, &c, &c, distinctly laid down; the Map also comprises the Principal Roads, Rivers, Canals, Lochs, Mountains, Islands, &c, &c. Scale, 5 3/4 miles to an inch; size, 76 inches by 52. In six sheets coloured, price £2 2s.; mounted on canvas and rollers, or in ease, £3 3s.; rollers varnished, £3 13s. 6d.; spring rollers, £5 5s.
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Maps recently published by E. Stanford.
STANFORD'S TRAVELLING, RAILWAY, AND ROAD MAP OF SCOTLAND, showing also the Rivers, Canal, Lochs, Islands, &c. Price, sheet, 2s. 6d.; case, 3s. 6d.; rollers varnished, 8s.
MAP OF SCOTLAND, Designed and Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, corrected to the present time. Price, folded, 1s.; mounted in case, 2s.
IRELAND.
STANFORD'S TRAVELLING ROAD AND RAILWAY MAP OF Ireland, showing also the Rivers, Canals, Lochs, Mountains, &c. Price, sheet, 2s. 6d.; case, 3s. 6d.; rollers varnished, 8s.
MAP OF IRELAND, Designed and Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Corrected to the present time. Price, folded, 1s.; mounted in case, 2s.
ASIA.
A PHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL MAP OF INDIA, by G. B. Greenough, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. Price, 9 sheets coloured, £3 3s.; case or rollers, £4 4s.
MAP OF INDIA, in 12 sheets, with Index Map, prepared under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and Revised by John Walker, Esq., F.R.G.S., Geographer to the Honourable East India Company. Price, in case, £1 1s.; or sheets, 9s. 9d.
A MAP OF ARABIA PETRAEA, THE HOLY LAND, AND PART OF EGYPT (ANCIENT AND MODERN), exhibiting their Physical Features, accompanied with Geological Notes. Well-suited to illustrate those parts of the Old Testament which relate to the Exodus and Journeyings of the Israelites, and their Settlement in the Land of Promise. Compiled from the most authentic sources of information. By Richard Palmer. Scale, 10 miles to 1 inch; size, 51 inches by 38. On 3 sheets, coloured, price 18s.; on canvas, in case, or black roller, £1 5s.; mahogany roller, varnished, £1 10s.
AFRICA.
DR. LIVINGSTON'S DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA.--THE MAP OF AFRICA, in the Series designed and engraved by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, illustrates the Route and Discoveries of this distinguished traveller. Compiled from the Maps in the possession of the Royal Geographical Society. Price, folded, 1s.; mounted in case, 2s.
MAP OF THE EASTERN FRONTIER OF THE CAPE COLONY, compiled by Henry Hall, Draughtsman to the Royal Engineers, Cape Town, from Military and other Surveys; dedicated by permission to Sir J. F. Burgoyne, K.C.B. Price, sheets, £1 1s.; case, £1 5s.; rollers varnished, £1 11s. 6d.
MAP OF AFRICA, from the Equator to the Southern Tropic, showing the Routes to Lake Nyassi, Moenemelzi, the Muropue, the Cazembe, and across the Continent. With the Discoveries of the Missionaries in Eastern Africa. By WILLIAM DESBOROUGH COOLEY. Price, sheets, 5s.; mounted in case, 7s.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
MAP OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Price, sheet, 1s. 6d.; case, 3s.
MAP OF THE SETTLED DISTRICTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. By H. Higginson and John W. Painter. Price, sheet, 4s.; mounted in case, 6s. 6d.; rollers varnished, 10s. 6d.
MAP OF NEW ZEALAND.--The Useful Knowledge Society's Map of New Zealand recently thoroughly revised from the Admiralty Surveys, and additions in the interior, by Walter Mantell, Esq., &c. Price, folded, 1s.; mounted in case, 2s.
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Maps recently published by E. Stanford.
A MAP of THE PROVINCE of CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND, showing the Freehold Sections and Pasturage Runs. The Map is based upon the Admiralty Surveys, the Trigonometrical Survey made by order of the Provincial Government, and the communications of Colonists. Scale, 5 miles to the inch, with an enlargement of Christchurch and its Neighbourhood, on a scale of half an inch to a mile. Price, sheet, 7s. 6d.; case, 10s: rollers varnished, 15s.
AMERICA.
MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, THE BRITISH PROVINCES, MEXICO, AND THE WEST INDIES; showing the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, 4 sheets. Price, in sheets, coloured, £l ; case, £1 10s. (New York.)
CANADA, UPPER AND LOWER, WITH THE RAILWAYS.--Maps of these Provinces in 2 sheets, are published in the Series of Maps Designed and Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Price, 2 sheets, folded, 2s.; mounted in case, 4s.
*** For complete List of Maps and Guides for Emigrants to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, &c, see Stanford's "Emigration Catalogue." Sent free per post on receipt of one postage stamp.
CENTRAL AMERICA.
MAP of CENTRAL AMERICA, including the States of Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica; the Territories of Belise and Mosquito, with part of Mexico, Yucatan, and New Granada, showing the Routes between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by way of Tehuantepeque, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, with additions from the latest Surveys of the Admiralty, by S. Moss, Col. Lloyd, Garilla, Codazzi, Hughes, Childs, and other documents: the Railway Surveys in Honduras, contributed by the Hon. E. G. Squier, formerly Charge d'Affaires of the United States to the Republics of Central America. Price, sheet, 7s. 6d.; case, 10s.
In addition to the Maps mentioned in this List, the Stock of Edward Stanford includes all the last Maps published in England, the Colonies, and the Continent.
STANFORD'S EMIGRANTS' GUIDES.
CANADA, its present condition, prospects, and resources, fully described for the information of intending emigrants, by William Hutton, a Resident Agriculturalist in that Colony for the last twenty years, and Secretary to the Government Board of Statistics. Second Edition, with the Government Regulations relating to the FREE GRANTS, and a Map showing their position, and the Railways. Price 1s. 6d.
AUSTRALIA, as a field of Capital, Skill, and Labour, with useful information for Emigrants of ail Classes, by John Capper, late Editor of "The Emigrants' Journal," Author of "Our Gold Colonies," &c, &c, 1s.
NEW ZEALAND, its present condition, prospects, and resources; being a description of the country and general mode of life among New Zealand Colonists, for the information of intending Emigrants, by Edward Brown Fitton, a Landowner and late Resident in the Colony. Price, with Map, 4s.
COOPER--New Zealand Settler's Guide, a Sketch of the Present State of the Six Provinces, with a Digest of the Constitution and Land Regulations, and two Maps, by I. Rhodes Cooper, Capt. 58th Regt, Price 2s. 6d.; per post, 2s. 8d.
CANADA--The Canadian Settler's Guide. By Mrs. 0. P. Traill. Seventh Edition, considerably enlarged, two parts in one, price 5s.; or Part I. separately (more especially adapted for European circulation), price 2s. 6d.
*** This work is published under the sanction of the Hon. P. M. Vankoughnet, Member of the Legislative Council of Canada, and Minister of Agriculture, Canada West. Persons ordering copies are requested to be particular in stating whether they want the complete book or only Part I.
London: EDWARD STANFORD, 6, Charing Cross, S. W.
Agent for the Ordnance Maps and Admiralty Charts.
