Profile of the North Atlantic (1885)
Source: James Monteith, New Physical Geography, 1885 Monteith, like so many of his contemporaries, made frequent use of terrain profiles of cross sections. Monteith, in particular, included many profiles of…
New Monteith Details
My collection of James Monteith textbooks keeps growing. I keep finding subtle differences in the various editions, along with great new details of the comparative geography that he focused on,…
Two very different comparative area symbols
Some comparative area symbols make a lot of sense. There is logic behind James Monteith's use of Kansas for its standard dimensions of 200x400 miles. And Jacques Redway's use of…
Stray Ohio
Years ago I purchased a couple copies of The War Atlas for Americans. It is full of interesting wartime maps, including many orthographic views (not surprising that Richard Edes Harrison…