(World) Winds And Routes Philippines A comical piece of 20th

A comical piece of 20th century cartography that became the summit to all the regionalist maps that proceeded it

While the hand colored states and territories include very familiar boundaries

a chart of longest rivers and highest elevations

Size is approximately 17 x 13 (inches) with the adjacent text

Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley

(World) Winds And Routes Philippines A comical piece of 20th(World) Winds And Routes, Maury, 1857 A great reference for the natural occurring flow of winds which could enable travel around the world's oceans. Includes the major belts of "calms", "doldrums" as well as the "steady trades" that occur in the southern Atlantic. A fascinating stage in understanding the world's systems of typical winds. Condition is good with some remargining to the lower left edge. Image size is approximately 10 x 15. 5 (inches)