C1938

Reaches of the Nation’s Capital

Mapmaker:

Charles Ernest Riddiford (1897 - 1968)

$A 325

Spectacular large scale map covering the area from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and Washington DC. The shows; battlefields, ruins, historic churches, shrines and monuments, interesting towns, hunting and racing centres, historic sites, county seats, federal highways, state highways, railways and historical … Read Full Description

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S/N: TNGM-USA-DC-1938–234497

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Full Title:

Reaches of the Nation’s Capital

Date:

C1938

Mapmaker:

Charles Ernest Riddiford (1897 - 1968)

Condition:

In good condition and laid onto archival linen.

Technique:

Lithograph printed in colour.

Image Size:

785mm

x 642mm

Paper Size:

810mm

x 670mm

Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:

1938

Description:

At top and bottom are numerous portraits of eminent historical figures.

Collections:
National Library of Australia: Libraries Australia ID 5874483
State Library of NSW: MMS ID 991006898299702626

Mapmaker:

Charles Ernest Riddiford (1897-1968)
Riddiford,had migrated from England to America in 1923 to join the National Geographic was chief research cartographer when he retired in 1959. A native of London, he studied in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the Geographic he was co-author of a highly successful book, “The Round Earth on Flat Paper,” which tells how maps are made and describes map projections. He also held a patent on a collapsible globe and had designed an atlas for the Oxford University Press.