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| Keywords: 1826 Finley Comparative Map of the Principle Mountains of the World - Geographicus - Mountains-finley-1827.jpg This is Finley ™s highly sought after c 1827 map of the comparative heights of the principal mountains of the world Details the world ™s great mountains in relative proximity to one another and divided by continent Each mountain is numbered and refers to a reference list below the chart proper which names each mountain and its elevation Also notes important cities mines volcanoes and geographical locations including the Great Pyramid When this chart was map the highest mountain North America was considered to be Mexico ™s Popocatepetl in South America it was Chimborazo in Europe Mont Blanc in Asia Dhaulagiri and in Africa the Atlas Mountains of Morocco Predates the discovery of Mt Everest Mt Kilimanjaro Mt Kenya and Mt McKinley Denali Engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas 1827 undated Size in 9 11 5 object history credit line accession number Mountains-finley-1827 Finley Anthony <i>A New General Altas Comprising a Complete Set of Maps representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe Together with the several Empires Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from the Best Authorities and corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries</i> Philadelphia 1827 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Anthony Finley Diagrams of mountains 1827 paintings Geographic comparison diagrams Diagrams of volcanoes Chimborazo Diagrams of Popocatépetl | ||||
