Detail View: Selections from the David Rumsey Map Collection I: Distribution: vegetation.

Identifier: 
0372026
Title: 
Distribution: vegetation.
Creator: 
Henfrey, Arthur, 1819-1859; Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871; Schouw, Joakim Frederik, 1789-1852
Subject: 
Mountains and Rivers
Description: 
Col. lithograph. Illustration of "The distribution of plants in a perpendicular direction ..." shows the Andes, Teneriffe, Himalaya, Alps & Pyrenees and Lapland. Inset charts: Regions of altitude corresponding to isothermal zones -- Graphical statistics of the most important families of plants. Includes drawings of plants and plant parts. "Phytology & zoology no. 2."
Publisher: 
William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh
Contributor: 
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Date: 
1854
Type: 
Atlas Map; View
Rights: 
Cartography Associates