Descriptive Atlas of the World

Engraved scenes of Australian forests, the Danube and New Zealand's vanished Pink Terraces accompany the maps from Descripti...

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Engraved scenes of Australian forests, the Danube and New Zealand's vanished Pink Terraces accompany the maps from Descriptive Atlas of the World and General Geography, a late-Victorian reference work meant to describe places as well as locate them. Prepared under the supervision of W. G. Blackie and published by Blackie & Son, the issue here dates from 1893. The maps range from British county and transport sheets to the states of Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australasia, with insets enlarging ports and cities and scales given in versts, leagues and Italian miles according to local custom. Further illustrations show Australian mining settlements, the Rhine and Lake Tanganyika.

Engraved scenes of Australian forests, the Danube and New Zealand's vanished Pink Terraces accompany the maps from Descriptive Atlas of the World and General Geography, a late-Victorian reference work meant to describe places as well as locate them. Prepared under the supervision of W. G. Blackie and published by Blackie & Son, the issue here dates from 1893. The maps range from British county and transport sheets to the states of Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australasia, with insets enlarging ports and cities and scales given in versts, leagues and Italian miles according to local custom. Further illustrations show Australian mining settlements, the Rhine and Lake Tanganyika.

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