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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1976.1.maptestarchives |
Title |
Touring Map of Central Europe by J.G. Bartholomew, F.R.G.S. |
Creator |
Bartholomew, J(ohn) G(eorge), 1860-1920 |
Object Name |
Map |
Scope & Content |
This large, folded touring map of Central Europe is one of many produced for different audiences and purposes, created J.G. Bartholomew, cartographer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. This map includes the whole, or at least parts, of the countries of Great Britain, France, Spain, Holland and Belgium. The Bartholomew family based in Edinburgh, Scotland was a multi-generational maker of maps. Many of the maps in the family's World Series of Travelling Maps are for motorists or those travelling by train. This map (a) is folded into a 7 1/2"x 4 1/2" flat navy blue cardboard box which serves as a map case (b). On the front of the box is a pasted-on label indicating that it was produced by O.Smith and Sons Map and Globe publishers of 63, Charing Cross, S.W. (London). On the right side of the box is a small label "CENTRAL EUROPE, after which is an indecipherable character. The map itself measures 29 1/2" tall and 35" wide when unfolded. The map is printed on heavy stock paper backed by a linen-like canvas with allowances for folding in several ways. At the top of the map there is a Bartholomew company logo and the map title, "Touring Map of Central Europe." A copy of this map as well as the business records of the Bartholomew publishing company (under a variety of names) are kept in Special Collections, in the Maps Reading Room, at The Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. The Library will provide at cost a copy of the map upon application. |
Condition |
Good |
Pub Date |
1892 |
Cross-Reference |
Map Map, Travel Travel Europe |