Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Battle of Aspern or Essling, 21 & 22 May 1809: sheet 1

Author: 
Alison, Archibald, Sir, bart., 1792-1862
Author: 
Johnston, Alexander Keith 1804-1871
Date: 
1809
Short Title: 
Battle of Aspern or Essling, 21 & 22 May 1809: sheet 1
Publisher: 
London : William Blackwood and Son
Publisher Location: 
Edinburgh
Type: 
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm: 
15
Obj Width cm: 
21
Scale 1: 
60,000
Note: 
Engraved hand colored battle plan. Shows the position of French and Austrians cavalry, infantry and artillery. In lower right margin: W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinr. Relief shown by hachures.
Country: 
Austria
City: 
Essling (Austria)
Subject: 
Military
Subject: 
Historical
Full Title: 
Battle of Aspern or Essling, 21 & 22 May 1809: sheet 1. A.K. Johnston F.R.G.S. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. (to accompany) Atlas to Alison's history of Europe ... MDCCCLII (1852).
List No: 
13200.068
Page No: 
56
Series No: 
68
Publication Author: 
Alison, Archibald, Sir, bart., 1792-1862
Publication Author: 
Johnston, Alexander Keith 1804-1871
Pub Date: 
1852
Pub Title: 
Atlas to Alison's history of Europe : constructed and arranged under the direction of Sir Archibald Alison, by Alex Keith Johnston, with a concise vocabulary of military and marine terms. Library edition. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLII (1852).
Pub Note: 
Atlas to accompany Alison's History of Europe: from the commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the restoration of the Bourbons in 1815. Atlas consists of a series of maps and plans that cover major military engagements during the French Revolution. Complete with 108 maps and plans, a frontispiece on military symbols and fortifications, and a glossary of military and marine terms. Maps engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston under the direction of Sir Archibald Alison. The maps cover Europe and her colonies in America, Africa and India. Bound in half calf over marbled-paper boards, with gilt-blocked label "Alison's history of Europe, Atlas" on spine.
Pub List No: 
13200.000
Pub Type: 
Military Atlas
Pub Maps: 
108
Pub Height cm: 
23
Pub Width cm: 
29
Image No: 
13200068.jp2
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Authors: 
Alison, Archibald, Sir, bart., 1792-1862; Johnston, Alexander Keith 1804-1871