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Pub Year Map Maker Pub Place Map Title Map Price (USD) Picture
1828Hall, SidneyLondonSouth America$150 Picture

An engraved map, with hand colored outlines.

Size: 20.5 inches X 16 inches; Scale: 1 inch = approximately 190 miles.

Map Type: Atlas

This is a superior copy, with vivid hand-drawn outline colors.

John Gibson was a geographer and engraver from London. This map is from Thomas Salmon's popular book, The Universal Traveller, or a compleat description of the several nations of the world.

References: A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, 756-49, Phillips, P.L, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1909; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Volume 2 Page 253, Hall, Sidney, Valerie, Map Collector Publications, Tring, Hertz, England, 1999

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