Times Survey Atlas of the World, 1920
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The Times Survey Atlas of the World (1920) was the first Times Survey Atlas with maps prepared by the Edinburgh Geographical Institute of John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. It included 112 colour maps (each measuring 42 x 55 cm., on sheets 46 x 59 cm.) all specially compiled for the Atlas over the previous 5 years. Following an initial General Section of world and thematic mapping, the maps are grouped into five main geographic regions, as listed below.
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We are very grateful to David Rumsey and Geopast for assisting with the georeferencing of these maps.
General Maps | Europe | Asia | Africa | America | Oceania
General Maps
- Mapping of the World
[Maps: Herodotus B.C. 450; Strabo A.D. 18; Mela A.D. 43; Ptolemy A.D. 150; Mountain of Cosmas Indicopleustes; Cosmas Indicopleustes; Wheel Map XI Century; Hereford Map 1280; Ortelius 1570; De Wit c. 1700; The World c. 1800; Cartography of the World 1921] - World – bathy-orographical
[Insets: Longitudinal Section 50° North; Longitudinal Section 35° North; Longitudinal Section 0° (Equator); Longitudinal Section 30° South] - World – climate
[Maps: Temperature - January; Rainfall - January; Pressure and Winds - January; Temperature - July; Rainfall - July; Pressure and Winds - July; Temperature - Annual; Rainfall - Mean Annual; Thermal Regions; Seaonal Rainfall; Storm Tracks and Frequency] - World – vegetation and ocean currents
- World – population, races, religions, languages
- World – commercial development, occupations, means of traffic
- World – political
[Insets: World Powers - Comparative Areas; World Powers - Comparative Population] - North Polar Regions
- South Polar Regions
Europe
- Europe – political
- Europe – orography, vegetation, ethnography, population
- Western Europe – communication
- Eastern Europe - communication
- British Isles – bathy-orographical
[Inset: Orkney and Shetland Islands] - British Isles – vegetation and climate
[Maps: Vegetation; Temperature January; Temperature July; Temperature Actual Annual; Rainfall January; Rainfall July; Rainfall Mean Annual] - British Isles – railways and industries
[Insets: Orkney and Shetland Islands; Distribution of Land Under Cultivation; Distribution of Land Under Pasture] - British Isles – political
[Insets: Orkney and Shetland Islands; Industrial Sketch Map; Density of Population] - England and Wales – S.E. section
[Inset: Channel Islands] - England and Wales – S.W. section
[Inset: Scilly Isles] - England and Wales – N. section
- Scotland – southern section
- Scotland – northern section
[Inset: Orkney and Shetland Islands] - Ireland - northern section
[Inset: Belfast] - Ireland - southern section
[Insets: Killarney; Cork; Dublin] - Environs of London
- Towns of England and Scotland
[Maps: Glasgow; Edinburgh; Hull; Newcastle Upon Tyne; Liverpool; Manchester; Birmingham; Bradford & Leeds; Bristol; Plymouth; Southampton; Portsmouth] - Belgium and Holland
[Insets: Brussels; Antwerp; Rotterdam; Amsterdam] - France – north-western section
[Insets: Paris; Le Harve; Brest] - France – north-eastern section
- France – south-western section
[Inset: Bordeaux] - France – south-eastern section
[Insets: Corsica; Marseille] - France, Belgium and Holland - political
- Spain and Portugal – western section
[Insets: Oporto; Cadiz; Gibraltar; Libson] - Spain and Portugal – eastern section
[Insets: Barcelona; Madrid] - Switzerland
- Northern Italy, Austria &c.
[Inset: Vienna] - Southern Italy
[Insets: Rome; Naples] - Central European States - political
- Germany – southern section
- Germany – western section
[Inset: Berlin] - Germany – eastern section
- Southern Scandinavia and Denmark
- Poland and Czechoslovakia
- Baltic States and East Prussia
- Northern Russia and Finland
- Southern Russia
- Rumania and adjacent states
- Greece and the Aegean
[Insets: Athens; Chanak; Constantinople]
Asia
- Asia - political
[Insets: Jerusalem; Section across Judea and the Dead Sea] - South-Western Asia - political
- Asia Minor, Syria and Mesopotamia
- Palestine
- Persia
- Indian Ocean
- India and Farther India- political
[Insets: Ethnographic Sketch Map; Density of Population] - India – N.W. section
- India – N.E. section
[Inset: Calcutta] - India – S. section
[Inset: Bombay] - Provinces of the Lower Ganges - political
- Farther India
[Insets: Andaman Islands; Hanoi; Singapore] - Malay Archipelago
[Inset: Manila] - China - political
- China
[Inset: Peking] - Eastern China - political
- Japanese Empire – political
- Japan
[Insets: Continuation Hokkaido; Nagasaki; Tokyo] - Siberia
Africa
- Africa – political
[Insets: Prevailing Vegetation; Races; Density of Population; Mean Annual Rainfall] - Northern Africa
- Central and Southern Africa
- South Africa
- Cape Province, Trans Vaal, &c. – W. section
[Inset: Cape Topwn] - Cape Province, Trans Vaal, &c. – E. section
[Insets: Port Elizabeth; Durban] - Central Africa – W. section
- Central Africa – E. section
- West Africa
- North-West Africa
[Inset: Canary Islands] - Egypt and the Nile
[Insets: Continuation Uganda; Alexandria; Aden] - Lower Egypt
[Insets: Continuation Minia to Antaeopolis; Continuation Antaeopolis to Thebes; Cairo; Port Said; Suez]
America
- North America – political
[Inset: Prevailing Vegetation] - North Atlantic Ocean
- Dominion of Canada – political
- North-Eastern Canada
- Western Canada
- Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland
[Inset: Halifax] - Ontario and Quebec
- Manitoba and North-West Ontario
- Alberta and Saskatchewan
- British Columbia
[Inset: Vancouver] - United States – eastern section
[Insets: Niagra Falls; Density of Population] - United States – central section
- United States – western section
[Inset: The Yosemite Valley] - North-Eastern States
- American Cities
[Maps: Chicago; New York; Boston; Quebec; Philladelphia; Montreal; San Francisco; Washington; Otowa; Baltimore; Toronto; New Orleans; St. Louis; Winnipeg] - Mexico and Central America
[Insets: Continuation Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo & British Honduras; Continuation Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, & Costa Rica] - The West Indies
[Insets: Jamaica; Porto Rico; Trinidad; Kingston; Havana; Panama Canal] - South Atlantic Ocean
- South America - political
[Insets: Prevailing Vegetation; Density of Population; Races] - South America – northern section
[Insets: Lima; Bahia] - South America – southern section
[Insets: Rio de Janeiro; Buenos Aires; Montevideo; Valparaiso] - Argentina, Chile &c
[Inset: Continuation Rio de Janeiro]
Oceania
- South Pacific Ocean
- North Pacific Ocean
- Australia - political
[Insets: Prevailing Vegetation; January Rainfall; July Rainfall; Density of Population] - Australia – western section
[Insets: Perth; Albany] - Australia – eastern section
[Inset: Continuation Tasmania] - Victoria and Tasmania
[Insets: Melbourne; Hobart] - New South Wales
[Insets: Sydney; Australian Capital Territory] - Eastern Queensland
[Inset: Brisbane] - South Australia
[Inset: Adelaide] - New Zealand
[Insets: Continuation Stewart Island; Auckland; Wellington; Christchurch; Dunedin] - Islands of Oceania
[Maps: New Hebrides; Hawaiian Islands; Cook Islands; Samoan Islands; Society Islands; Marquesas Islands; New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands; Fiji Islands; Tonga Group]