Atlas universel de géographie physique, politique, statistique et minéralogique

Attribution:

Philippe Vandermaelen

Date:

1827

Description:

This atlas was the first atlas produced with every map having the same scale, 1:1,641,836, or approximately 26 miles to one inch. It was also the first series of maps produced through lithography: the process by which a design is drawn onto a flat stone and affixed through a chemical reaction. Chromolithographs, or multicolor lithographs, are even more complicated and time consuming to produce, which meant that, as is the case with this map, color was applied by hand.

Bib. Reference:

Bruxelles: P.M.G. Vandermaelen

Bancroft call number:

ff G1019 .M3 1827

Digital image courtesy of:

David Rumsey Map Collection