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Title: Isochronic passage chart for travellers

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1881

Publishers

  • London : Edward Stanford, 1881.

Summary

Landmasses and oceans colored according to travel time (in days) to those points from London, ca. 1881. Includes explanation of colors, showing days journey indicated by each color. Includes note: "showing the shortest number of days journey from London by the quickest through routes and using such further conveyances as are available without unreasonable cost. It is supposed that local preparations have been made and that other circumstances are favourable." From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 11, pp. 657-8; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

  • Earth
  • Tourism—British—19th century
  • Cartography
  • Thematic maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 80.0, -60.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 80.0, -60.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Galton, Francis, 1822-1911. Isochronic passage chart for travellers. London : Edward Stanford, 1881.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-v979v558z

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng