Isochronic passage chart for travellers

Description:

Landmasses and oceans colored according to travel time (in days) to those points from London, ca. 1881. Includes explanation of colors, showing days journey indicated by each color. Includes note: "showing the shortest number of days journey from London by the quickest through routes and using such further conveyances as are available without unreasonable cost. It is supposed that local preparations have been made and that other circumstances are favourable." From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 11, pp. 657-8; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Creator:

Galton, Francis, 1822-1911

Publisher:

London : Edward Stanford, 1881.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Type:

Satellite imagery

Subject:

Tourism—British—19th century, Cartography, and Thematic maps

Spatial Coverage:

Earth

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF

More details at:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/7648913