1840 Black Map of the World on Mercator's Projection
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Description: A fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1840 map of the world on Mercator's Projection. An interesting map of the world issued just as most of the Earth's non-polar shore has been explored. Gone are many of the errors of the previous century with the coastlines of the Arctic, the American Northwest, Australia, and New Zealand accurately rendered. Inland though, much remained confused. Vast stretches of unmapped territory and speculative cartography fill central Asia, South America, the western United States, Africa and Australia. This map was engraved by G. Aikman for issue in the 1840 edition of Black's General Atlas.
Date: 1840 (undated)
Source: Hall, Sydney, Black's General Atlas: A series of Fifty-Four Maps from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources, Engraved on Steel, In the First Style of the Art, (Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black) 1840.
References: Rumsey 2305.003 (1854 edition). Philips (atlases) 4334.
Cartographer: Charles and his uncle Adam Black of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded their publishing firm in 1807. They published a series of maps and atlases throughout the 19th century. In addition to an array of atlases, the Black firm is known for their editions of the Encyclopedia Britannica (1817 - 1826) and the first publishing of Sir Walter Scott's novels in 1854. In 1889 the A. & C. Black publishing house moved to London where it remains in operation to this day. Click here for a list of rare maps by Charles & Adam Black.
Size: Printed area measures 16.5 x 10.5 inches (41.91 x 26.67 centimeters)
Condition: Very good condition. Blank on verso.
Code: WorldMercator-black-1840 (to order by phone call: 646-320-8650)
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