Weller, Francis Sidney (sold)
Francis Sidney Weller (April 1849 - 1910) was an English engraver, lithographer, map publisher, and cartographer based in London. He was the son of Edward Weller (July 1, 1819 - 1884) and is named after another important map publisher, Sidney Hall. F. S. Weller took over his father's printing business in 1884. This is the same business that was founded by John Thomson, passed to Sidney Hall, who managed it from 1814 to 1831, then to his widow Selina Price Hall, who ran it to 1853, when it was taken over by his nephew Edward Weller, who rat it until 1884. Weller passed it to his son, Frances Sidney Weller.
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Map of British Honduras.
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A remarkable large-scale 1888 map of Belize, then British Honduras, developed to solicit railroad developers to bid on rights to construct a line from Belize City to Guatemala City. The map draws on a combination of Admiralty surveys, reports from survey expeditions, and specific grant surveys conducted both privately and by the Crown. The whole gives the impression of a well-organized country, with friendly terrain, rich with resources - an impression that belies the rugged jungle, swamps, and mountains. Text in the upper right lays out the Crown Colony's generous terms for potential railroad developers. If that's not enough to draw settlers and investors - there is 'pirates buried treasure' on Turneffe Atoll. (more details)
First successful summit of Kilimanjaro by Hans Meyer.
Kilima Njaro Mtn. to illustrate the Paper of Dr. Hans Meyer.
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This is an 1890 Hans Meyer map of Mount Kilimanjaro, highlighting his successful summit attempt, making Meyer the first European to successfully summit Kilimanjaro. (more details)