(Atlas) Altas, To Accompany A System Of Universal History;..., Emma Willard Yates, 1839
To know something of the biography of the author somehow makes this amazing work make sense. Emma Willard was one a gifted child from a large family that valued education. But her abilities and brilliance outpaced the school where she began to study and just two years later she was a teacher as the same school. She was the embodiment of why women should have access to higher education, and aside from teaching and administration created textbooks with a focus on history.
This great text is from late in Emma's career and supplies some visually powerful introductions for young minds. Imagine being a young student getting your first orthodox introduction to history, and you are met with a "Perspective Sketch of the Course of Empire" spanning from creation, and the early "Phenician", "Assyrian", "Egypt" empires, up to the Romans, and on to "Empire of Napoleon" and a scad of many others. Following that are historical maps that reveal the known world at different periods (think of Edward Quin). This progression culminates with A.D. 1492 and the arrival of Columbus. The end is a double page map of the best of what was known of the world at the time. A great visual introduction for the history of the world at the time.
Condition is good with some soiling and ink spills to the cover, wear and some manuscript notations on the blank back sides of maps. Overall size is 11.5 x 9.25 (inches) $200.00
