1830 - A Comparative View of the Chief Rivers in the World with their Respective Lengths, Shewing also the Principal Towns situated on them. - Genuine Antique Print

1830 - A Comparative View of the Chief Rivers in the World with their Respective Lengths, Shewing also the Principal Towns situated on them. - Genuine Antique Print

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Item number: COM053
Genuine Antique Print

1830

Maker: Starling

Antique comparative chart of the largest rivers in the world as known around 1830, published by Starling in the Geographical Annual, or Family Cabinet Atlas, a charming miniature atlas published annually in the 1830s. The date on the page in 1830 but it may have been included in a later edition. At this time, the longest known river was Paro or Bent River, from Lake Titicaca to the Atlantic Ocean, which is now known as the Amazon and it is now known that Lake Titicaca is not the source. The Nile is the 6th longest. Original hand-coloring. Measures approx. 4.25 x 6.5 inches to the paper edges. Very good condition with slight toning at page edges.

Genuine Antique Print from 1830

Item Number: COM053