Black, Adam & Charles

Rail, road and steamer journeys shape the maps published by A. & C. Black, the Edinburgh firm established under that nam...

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Rail, road and steamer journeys shape the maps published by A. & C. Black, the Edinburgh firm established under that name in 1834 by Adam Black and his nephew Charles. Made for guidebooks and geographical works, they range from British counties to continental resorts and routes beyond Europe: French sheets follow the Loire estuary, the Seine valley and the Alpine approaches, British maps cover Canterbury, the Lake District and the Cotswolds, and railway maps pick out the lines serving East Anglia and the south coast. Plans of Hampstead and of Edinburgh's International Exhibition serve more local purposes. Later maps belong to the continuing business rather than to the founding partners personally.

Rail, road and steamer journeys shape the maps published by A. & C. Black, the Edinburgh firm established under that name in 1834 by Adam Black and his nephew Charles. Made for guidebooks and geographical works, they range from British counties to continental resorts and routes beyond Europe: French sheets follow the Loire estuary, the Seine valley and the Alpine approaches, British maps cover Canterbury, the Lake District and the Cotswolds, and railway maps pick out the lines serving East Anglia and the south coast. Plans of Hampstead and of Edinburgh's International Exhibition serve more local purposes. Later maps belong to the continuing business rather than to the founding partners personally.

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