ARROWSMITH, Aaron.

Asia.London, Aaron Arrowsmith, 1 January 1801. Engraved wall map, hand coloured in outline, on 4 sheets joined as 2 (measuring 124 x 147 cm in total) on a scale of ca. 1:6,490,880, with an elaborately decorated cartouche at the head left, a dedication below ("To major James Rennell, Esqr. F.R.S. &c. &c.") and the name of the engraver at the foot right (George Allen). Mounted on cloth and divided into 32 sections. Contemporary slipcase, covered with marbled paper and a manuscript title-label on front.

Large, highly detailed wall map of Asia and the Arabian peninsula, giving a view from the Ural Mountains and Black Sea, across to China, Japan and the Philippines, including India and Ceylon, but stopping just above Singapore and Indonesia. Arrowsmith was "easily the foremost cartographer of his time" (Tooley) and presents here a very accurate map of the continent, which shows significant improvement over previous ones. The map is dedicated to James Rennell, surveyor general of the East India Company and the father of Indian cartography.With an owner's inscription of the army officer and colonial governor General Robert Brownrigg on the title-label mounted on the slipcase. Brownrigg (1759-1833) was appointed Governor of Ceylon in 1815 and brought the last part of Sri Lanka, the Kingdom of Kandy, under British rule. Only a few minor spots, but otherwise in very good condition.l David Rumsey 6907.001; not in Al Ankary; Al-Qasimi; for Arrowsmith: Tooley, p. 24; for Brownrigg: G.S. Powell, “Brownrigg, Sir Robert, first baronet (1759-1833)” in ODNB online.

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Arrowsmith, Aaron

Index to the Eton Comparative Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography. Part I. Ancient and Modern Names Part II. Modern and Ancient Names

London, Arrowsmith, 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 90pp. Green boards. Gilt titles. Slight bump and wear to spine and corners. Marks to boards. Cloth lifting slightly to middle of front board. Soiling to title page and last page. Rebound. Good+.

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Arrowsmith, Aaron (1750-1823)

A New General Atlas, Constructed from the Latest Authorities, by A. Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to the Prince Regent, Exhibiting the Boundaries and Divisions Also the Chains of Mountains and Other Geographical Features of All the Known Countries in the World; Comprehended in Fifty Three Maps from Original Drawings. First Edition

Edinburgh & London : A. Constable & Co. Longman & Company, 1817. 4to 23.5 x 29cm. Contemporary half red roan binding with printed label, worn. Original prospectus from Tthe Edinburgh Gazetteer boundi n. The atlas includes 53 engraved maps, including two of the world and six of the Americas. Original tissue guards in place.. The atlas was first published in 1817 and was reissued a number of times afterward. This is the first edition..OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 54151018.. David Rumsey (5960) says of the atlas: "Although the maps are not large, they are dense with information. This complete atlas features index and 53 copperplate maps, drawn by Arrowsmith and engraved by Sidney Hall, with a few engraved by Thomson in collaboration with Hall. The maps include two world, 29 related to Europe and Scandinavia, 16 on Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and six related to the Americas. The United States map shows Georgia extending from the coast to the Mississippi River. The area west of the Mississippi is blank and labeled Louisiana. Engraved title page has Atlas holding the globe above two putti, one sailing a dingy, the other engaged in cartographic studies with a globe, map and dividers." I. .

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