Survey of the geographical distribution and cultivation of the most important plants which are used as food for man: with indications of the isotheres & isochimenes, or lines of equal summer & winter temperature

infoBerghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm; Johnston, Keith (A.K.); Johnston, William; 1849

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Map of important food crops (rice in Southeast Asia). Inset maps of tea, cassia, pepper, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, sugar, coffee. With isothermal lines—lines joining locations of same temperature—of summer and winter temperatures, and plant drawings.

Details
Date
1849
Map Maker
Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm; Johnston, Keith (A.K.); Johnston, William
Printer/Publisher
William Blackwood & Sons
Publication Location
Edinburgh; London
Attributes

Longitude and Latitude

Written Note/Details

Insets

Illustration

Inset Map

Legend

Features

Crops

Plantation/Forestry Area

Temperature Data

Library Catalogue

Title
Survey of the geographical distribution and cultivation of the most important plants which are used as food for man: [map] : with indications of the isotheres & isochimenes, or lines of equal summer & winter temperature
Shelfmark
Allen LRO 393 (Weston Stack)
Further information
by Professor Berghaus ...
Author
Berghaus, Hermann, 1828-1890 ; William Blackwood and Sons, publisher ; W. & A.K. Johnston Limited, engraver
Map Data
Scale [1:56,000,000].
Extent
1 scans.
Publisher Details
[Edinburgh] : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London.
Publication Date
[1849]
Format
1 map ; 50 x 58 cm
Language
English
Identifier
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 Physical atlas Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1849
Subjects
Crops -- Geographical distribution -- Maps
Related To
The region of cultivation of the cacao ... of the vanilla ... and of the coca ... with a survey of the forests which furnish the Peruvian bark; The region of cultivation of the sugar and the coffee ... and also of the cotton shrub and the indigo plant ..; The region of cultivation of the tea plant ..; The country of the pepper ... of the cinnamon ... of the clove ... and of the nutmeg tree ..
Aleph System Number
013456051
Type
Map
Miscellaneous Notes

General Note: "Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston.".
General Note: "Physical atlas" ; "Phytology & Zoology No.2".
General Note: Inset maps: "The region of cultivation of the cacao ... of the vanilla ... and of the coca ... with a survey of the forests which furnish the Peruvian bark" ; "The region of cultivation of the sugar and the coffee ... and also of the cotton shrub and the indigo plant ..." ; "The region of cultivation of the tea plant ..." ; "The country of the pepper ... of the cinnamon ... of the clove ... and of the nutmeg tree ...".
General Note: Inset diagrams: "Representations of the form of plants cultivated in the torrid zone".
General Note: Shows plant distributions and lines of equal seasonal temperatures.
General Note: Greenwich meridian.
Geographic Coverage Note: The world.
Copy-specific Notes

Open note in new window Notes for Bodleian Library: Allen LRO 393 Folded sheets: folded once. - Hand coloured ill.: Hand coloured: crop regions, limits of vine growth.
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