A Geographical and Statistical Atlas for the Use of the Blind [Boston line letter]

Atlas

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.