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| Keywords: 1826 Finley Comparative Map of the Principle Rivers of the World - Geographicus - Rivers-finley-1827.jpg This is Finley ™s highly sought after c 1827 map of the comparative lengths of the principal rivers of the world Details the world ™s great rivers in relative to one another and divided by continent Each river is numbered and refers to a reference list below the chart proper which names each river and its length There are a couple of curiosities The Mississippi is considered by far to be the world's longest river The length of the Nile is grossly underestimated - when this was made the source of the Nile had yet to be determined The St Lawrence River is drawn to include four of the five Great Lakes 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 Rivers-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 Geographic comparison diagrams 1827 paintings River-related diagrams | ||||
