AGSL GeoDiscovery

[Series of maps from Dr. William Smith's ancient atlas]

Alternative Title:

Dr. William Smith's ancient atlas : an atlas of ancient geography, biblical & classical : to illustrate the directory of the Bible and the classical dictionaries

Description:

[edited by William Smith].

Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines.

Prime meridian: Greenwich.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Bar scales on maps given in "Millia passuum roman", "Stadia", "Milliaria anglica", "Schoeni s. parasangae", "Millia passuum romanorum", "Passus et pedes romani", "Pedes anglici", "Metra gallica", "English statute miles", "Roman miles", "Jewish cubits", "English miles", "Greek stadia", "English feet".

Shows topography, vegetation, drainage, boundaries, land and sea travel routes, places of historical interest.

Includes legends and indexes: [Sites of historical interest].

Descriptive text: Sources and authorities for the maps.

Profile view: Section E. & W. through Jerusalem.

In English and Latin.

Inset maps: Map [10]: Kingdoms of the successors of Alexander after the division at Babylon (323) and Triparadisus (321) -- Kingdoms of the successors of Alexander after the battle of Ipsus (301 B.C.). Map [11]: Empire of the Parthians. Map [14]: Libyae ora occidentalis a freto gaditano usque ad desertum -- Agrigentum -- Italia inferior : magna Graecia tempore belli Peloponnesiaci -- Sicilia : tempore belli Peloponnesiaci -- Syracusae -- Bosporus cimmerius -- Chersonesus heracleotica : Heracleae ponticae colonia. Map [15]: Oceanus hyperboreus : S. Cronius S. Mortuus. Map [17]: Gallia at the time of Caesar -- Insula batavorum. Map [18]: Germania magna according to Ptolemy. Map [29]: Sicilia -- Crater sive cumanus s. puteolanus sinus. Map [39]: Towns tributary to the Athenians : according to the lists given in the inscriptions which have been found on the Acropolis of Athens. Map [42]: Plan of Athens -- The environs of Athens -- Eleusis -- Marathon -- The harbours of Athens -- Acropolis. Map [51]: India Ptolemaei : secundum interpretationem / profris. C. C. Lassen -- Indorum provincia Pentepotamica : (tempori Alex. Mag. praesertim accommodata et) amplioribus spatiis illustrata -- India trans Gagem / prepared by Co. H. Yule, C.B. ; engraved by Edwd. Weller. Map [52]: Carthago -- Portus. Map [54]: Aethiopia : supra Aegyptum. Map [59]: Mount Sinai : reduced from the ordnance survey -- Wady Feiran & Jebel Serbal : from the ordnance survey.

[1] Route of Ulysses' wanderings -- [2] Positions of Corocondame, Corocondamitis palus, Hermonassa, and Sinidicus portus -- [3] Britannia strabonis / J D Cooper Sc -- [4] Britannia Ptolemaei / J D Cooper Sc -- [5] Plan of the excavations in the Roman Forum / by Arthur J Strutt (Novr 1874) -- [6] Geographical systems of the ancients [includes 12 hemispheres: The world according to Herodotus -- The world according to Timosthenes -- Tabula ventorum -- The world according to Hecataeus -- The world according to Ephorus -- The world according to the geographer of Ravenna -- The world according to Homerus -- The world according to Pomponius Mela -- The world according to Strabo -- The world according to Dionysius periegetes -- The world according to Eratosthenes -- The world according to Ptolemy / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [7] The world as known to the ancients / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [8] Empires of the Babylonians, Lydians, Medes and Persians / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [9] Empire of Alexander the Great / engraved by S. Jacobs and I. Dalmont -- [10] Kingdoms of the successors of Alexander in the middle of the third century -- [11] Kingdoms of the successors of Alexander after the battle of Magnesia (190 B.C.) / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [12] The Roman Empire in its greatest extent -- [13] The Roman Empire after its division into the eastern and the western empires / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [14] Greek and Phoenician colonies / engraved by S. Jacobs and I. Dalmont -- [15] Britannia / drawn by Edwd. Weller ; engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [Ireland] -- [Map of the Roman Wall] / drawn by Edwd. Weller ; engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [16] Hispania / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [17] Gallia / engraved by S. Jacobs and Ramboz [18] Germania Rhaetia. Noricum -- [19] Thracia. Moesia Illyria. Pannonia, Dacia / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [20] Italia : before the immigration of the Galli in the sixth century B.C. -- [21] Italia : at the beginning of the first Punic War 264 B.C. -- [22] Italia : in the first century B.C. after the Social War (91-98) and before the battle of Actium (31) -- [23] Italia : divided into eleven regions by Augustus -- [23] Italiae Dioecesis : divided into seventeen provinces in the fourth century A.C. -- [24] Vetus Latium since 384 B.C. -- [25] Sardinia -- [26] Corsica -- [27] Military map of Italia : about 150 B.C. -- [28] Italia superior / engraved at Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [29] Italia inferior / engraved at Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [30] Rome in the times of the emperors -- [31] The forum Romanum under the empire and the imperial Fora -- [32] Rome during the republic -- [33] The Forum before the time of Julius Caesar -- [34] Environs of Rome / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [35] Greece after the Doric migration -- [36] Plan of Troy -- [37] Greece in the heroic age -- [38] Greece at the time of the Persian wars / engraved by S. Jacobs and I. Dalmont -- [39] Greece in the beginning of the Peloponnesian War -- [40] Greece at the time of the Achaean and Aetolian League -- [41] Northern Greece : Hellas. Epirus. Thessalia. Macedonia / engraved by S. Jacobs and I. Dalmont -- [42] Central Greece : Attica. Boeotia. Locris. Phocis. Doris. Malis / engraved by S. Jacobs and I. Dalmont -- [43] Peloponnesus / engraved by S. Jacobs and I. Dalmont -- [44] Coasts & islands of the Aegaean Sea / engraved at Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [45] Asia Minor : at the time of the Persian kings -- [46] Asia Minor : at the time after Diocletianus -- [47] Asia Minor : after the battle of Magnesia (190 B.C.) -- [48] Asia Minor : and the adjacent countries at the time of Mithridates the Great / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [49] Asia Minor / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [50] Arabia et Aethiopia -- [51] India -- [52] Africa septentrionalis / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [53] [Northern Africa] -- [54] Aegyptus / engraved by Edwd. Weller -- [55] The Holy Land at successive periods [8 maps: No. 1 The

Holy Land before the conquest 1451 B.C. -- No. 2 The Holy Land after the conquest as divided amongst the twelve tribes -- No. 3 The Holy Land during the monarchy 1095 B.C. to 586 B.C. -- No. 4 The Holy Land under the Maccabees 100 B.C. -- No. 5 The Holy land under Herod the Great B.C. 40 -- No. 6 The Holy Land in the time of our Lord -- No. 7 The Holy Land under Agrippa I. A.D. 41 -- No. 8 The Holy Land at the destruction of Jerusalem A.D. 70] / Trely. W. Saunders, Geogr. ; Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [56] The Holy Land : (northern division) / Trely. W. Saunders, Geogr. ; Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [57] The Holy Land : (southern division) / Trely. Saunders, Geogr. ; Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [58] Jerusalem : ancient & modern / Trely. W. Saunders Geogr. ; Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [59] Environs of Jerusalem / Trely. Saunders, Geogr. ; Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [60] Sinai and the desert of the wanderings / Trely. Saunders, Geogr. ; Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [61] A map of part of Asia to illustrate the Old Testament and classical authors / Trely. Saunders, Geogr. ; Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [62] A map to illustrate the New Testament / Trely. Saunders, Geogr. ; Stanford's Geographical Estabt. London -- [63] A plan of the ruins of Babylon and of the surrounding country / drawn from the surveys of commr. Selby I.N., Lieutts., Bewsher & Collingwood I.N. and edited by Capt. Felix Jones I.N ; Stanford's Geographical Estabt. Charing Cross -- [64] Nineveh -- [65] Troy :

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zy993cb4204

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zy993cb4204

Language:

eng and lat

Publisher:

Murray, John and John Murray,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Geography, Twelve tribes of Israel, and Christianity

Temporal Coverage:

19th century

Date Issued:

1872

Spatial Coverage:

Palestine, Jerusalem, Middle East, Babylon (Extinct city), Nineveh (Extinct city), Troy (Extinct city), Carthage (Extinct city), Alexandria (Egypt), and Istanbul (Turkey)

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Images from the Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu

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