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,…
Jacques Redway and American Maps Getting Worse
I’ve written a couple of posts about Jacques Redway, and I remain intrigued about what the full story of his life and work might contain. But as I collect more…
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…