Map of the Geographical Distribution of the Most Important Plants yielding Food

An attractive, brightly coloured thematic map of the world focusing on crop farming. Originally part of Johnston's scientific atlas.

The Johnston firm was inspired by the new focus on the sciences and research which flourished in the Victorian period. So much so that they produced the “Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena”, which is acknowledged to be the first physical atlas published in Great Britain.

This atlas in turn was derived from the "Physikalischer Atlas" of Dr. Heinrich Carl Wilhelm Berghaus published in 1836.

This atlas produced several maps of biological distribution, both of flora and fauna. This particular example focuses on the crop distribution of the world. One large diagram is supported by several small diagrams showing specific detail. These include tea and spice growth in India and the Far East and the principal food plants in western Europe.

Original colour. [WLD4791]