The world unveiled
By QUIN, Edward , 1830
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An historical atlas: in a series of maps of the world known at different periods..

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  • 作者: QUIN, Edward
  • 出版地: London
  • 出版商: Seeley and Burnside
  • 发布日期: 1830.
  • 物理描述: A set of 21 engravings with aquatint, in fine contemporary outline hand-colour.
  • 库存参考: 14993

笔记

The series is unusual in that it utilises aquatint to great effect to illustrate geographical enlightenment by depicting the unknown as black clouds that peel back over succeeding maps to reveal the world as known at various points in time from ‘the deluge’ until 1828. The work was intended to educate schoolchildren about the history of the world, presenting history as a consistent and uniform whole, giving a rapid view of all great political changes in human society. Of particular note are the maps showing the Garden of Eden and the Discovery of America. The final map depicts the ‘End of the General Peace’ in 1828.

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