- Accession Number:
- 2003.185.172
- Subtitle:
- On an Original Plan
- Summary/Description:
- Text in raised letters with raised-line illustrations. Includes maps showing the countries of the world; a comparative chart of the surface of the sun and the planets; and a table listing the area, population, revenue, and government of each country. Detailed text descriptions with each map, in addition all maps have a border marked with longitude and latitude, and a linear scale. Land masses are smooth and the oceans defined by horizontally striped texture. Book has been rebound; black clothbound boards with gilt lettering on spine.
- Author:
- Howe, Samuel Gridley, 1801-1876
- Collection:
- KSB Collection
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Kentucky School for the Blind, 2003.185
- Publisher:
- Perkins Institution for the Blind
- Publisher Place:
- Boston
- Publish Date:
- 1836
- Subjects:
- Geography. Maps for the blind and visually impaired. Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume [26 p.] ; 15 x 18 1/2 x 1 in.
