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AT the present time not a week passes which does not more and more enforce the necessity of everyone of us having an atlas of some sort or another to refer to, and, in fact, it may be said that in these days of rapid locomotion and intercommunication with every part of the planet, an atlas is the corner-stone of a library, even if that library otherwise consist merely of a Dictionary and a Blue Book, Imperial Calendar, or Post-office Directory.
The Complete Atlas of Modern, Classical, and Celestial Maps ,
together with Plans of the principal Cities of the World, constructed and engraved on steel under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and including all the recent geographical discoveries, compiled from the latest and most authentic sources. Accompanied by alphabetical indexes to the modern and classical maps. 218 maps and plans.
The Family Atlas, containing 80 Maps, constructed by eminent Geographers, and engraved on steel under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, including the Geological Map of England and Wales,
by Sir R. I. Murchison; the Star Maps, by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S.; and the Plans of London and Paris, with the new discoveries and other improvements to the latest date, and an Alphabetical Index.
The Cyclopædian,
or Atlas of General Maps, with an Index of the Principal Places in the World. 39 maps. (London: Edward Stanford, 6 & 7, Charing Cross. 1870.)
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The Complete Atlas of Modern, Classical, and Celestial Maps The Family Atlas, The Cyclopædian. Nature 2, 207–208 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002207a0
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