A 19TH CENTURY FRAMED MAP OF THE "COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD"
AUTHORED BY CHARLES SMITH AND PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 1, 1816. SHOWING A COMPARATIVE VISUALISATION OF MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS IN BOTH THE EASTERN AND WESTERN HEMISPHERES, AND ENGRAVED BY W.R. GARDNER, PUBLISHED BY C. SMITH, FEATURING HAND-PAINTED COLOURS WHICH ARE NOW BEAUTIFULLY FADED. THE MAP IS CRAFTED IN A DETAILED ILLUSTRATIVE STYLE, CHARACTERISTIC OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCIENTIFIC VISUALISATIONS. IT PRESENTS A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAINS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, ILLUSTRATING THE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE MOUNTAINS ARE NUMBERED ACCORDING TO THEIR HEIGHT, AND AN EXPLANATION OF THIS NUMBERING SYSTEM IS PROVIDED.
H 59CM x W 71CM
PROVENANCE: CHRISTOPHER GIBBS, BOND STREET
PRIVATELY OWNED BY MIN HOGG
A 19TH CENTURY FRAMED MAP OF THE "COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD"
AUTHORED BY CHARLES SMITH AND PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 1, 1816. SHOWING A COMPARATIVE VISUALISATION OF MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS IN BOTH THE EASTERN AND WESTERN HEMISPHERES, AND ENGRAVED BY W.R. GARDNER, PUBLISHED BY C. SMITH, FEATURING HAND-PAINTED COLOURS WHICH ARE NOW BEAUTIFULLY FADED. THE MAP IS CRAFTED IN A DETAILED ILLUSTRATIVE STYLE, CHARACTERISTIC OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCIENTIFIC VISUALISATIONS. IT PRESENTS A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAINS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, ILLUSTRATING THE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE MOUNTAINS ARE NUMBERED ACCORDING TO THEIR HEIGHT, AND AN EXPLANATION OF THIS NUMBERING SYSTEM IS PROVIDED.
H 59CM x W 71CM
PROVENANCE: CHRISTOPHER GIBBS, BOND STREET
PRIVATELY OWNED BY MIN HOGG
