SCHOOL ATLAS CLASSICAL OF GEOGRAPHY. COMPRISING, IN TWENTY-THREE PLATES MAPS AND PLANS OF ALL THE IMPORTANT COUNTRIES AND LOCALITIES REFERRED TO BY BY ALEX. KEITH JOHNSTON LL.D. F.R.S. E. F.R.G.S. AUTHOR OF THE ROYAL ATLAS,' THE 'PHYSICAL ATLAS,' THE DICTIONARY OF GEOGRAPHY,' ETC. WITH A COMPLETE INDEX OF PLACES IN WHICH THE PROPER QUANTITIES OF THE SYLLABLES ARE MARKED BY T. HARVEY, M.A. OXON. A NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS MDCCCLXVII PREFACE. RECENT researches and investigations have so widely extended and modified our knowledge of Classical Geography, as to demand the construction of an entirely new series of Maps-those now in use being, in many respects, inadequate to the educational requirements of the age. For this Atlas the best materials only have been used, and every name it contains has, previously to its adoption, been subjected to a critical examination. The plan of the work is in so far historical that it embraces all the countries known to the ancients, from the earliest dawn of history to the irruption of the barbarians on the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and in some cases the same country is represented at different periods of time. Uniformity of scale has been preserved so far as practicable: Thus Hispania, Gallia, Germania, Pannonia, Dacia, &c., are each constructed on a scale of seventy miles to an inch; Italia, as requiring a greater number of names, on the larger scale of fifty miles to an inch; and Græcia, for the same reason, on that of thirty-five miles to an inch. The Grecian Archipelago, and the contiguous countries of Asia Minor, are delineated on the same scale. The other countries of Asia and those of Africa, being of less importance classically, are constructed on a much smaller scale. The more interesting portions of country are represented on an extended scale in corner Maps; while plans of cities and sites of battles are appended wherever space permitted. All waters, and the names referring to them, are printed in blue; and the colours are produced by the same process which has proved so satisfactory in the Physical and General School Atlases. The Maps are projected on the meridian of Greenwich; but, for the sake of easy reference, the longitude of Ferro is inserted on their upper margins. In selecting and arranging the subject-matter, as well as in determining the nature and extent of the requisite information, the Author has been aided by the opinions of the Rev. John Hannah, D.C.L. Oxon., F.R.S.E.; Mr T. Harvey, M.A. Oxon.; and of many other eminent Classical Scholars to whom he submitted his plan, and for whose apposite remarks and suggestions he gladly embraces this opportunity of returning his sincere thanks. PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. THE number of names inserted in the First Edition of this Work having been considered insufficient for the higher classes of students, the Author resolved to supply the deficiency by a careful selection of such additional names as would render it at once a complete guide to the student of Classical Geography, and a valuable companion to the general reader of Ancient History. In this he has been assisted by eminent scholars, and the result will, he trusts, be found satisfactory to all who honour him by its adoption in the class-room or the library. The additions are so extensive and important, as to render this substantially a new Work-the most complete of its kind in general use. These comprise, besides very large additions to the former Plates, A New MAP OF THE WORLD AS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS; A New and Enlarged MAP OF THE PELOPONNESUS, ATTICA, &c.; A MAP OF THE OUTER GEOGRAPHY OF THE ODYSSEY. For the last of these, as well as for the matter printed in red on Plates XIII. and XV., the Author is indebted to the Right Hon. W. E. GLADSTONE, who not only placed at his disposal the illustrations to his most interesting work, 'Homer and the Homeric Age,' but enhanced the favour by revising the proofsheets of the plates and text, as adapted for this Atlas. The new names inserted in the former Maps have been engraved in a smaller letter, leaving the more important places prominent for the advantage of junior classes. A complex Index to the whole is given, with the geographical position of every place where possible, its modern equivalent wherever ascertained, and the accentuation of the name carefully marked. CONTENTS. 1. PLAN OF ROME, AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF CLASSICAL SITES. 2. THE WORLD AS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS. 3. MAP OF THE OUTER GEOGRAPHY OF THE ODYSSEY. 4. ORBIS VETERIBUS NOTUS (ET ORB. HOMERI, HECATEI, DEMOCRITI, STRABONIS, HERODOTI, PTOLEMÆI). 5. HISPANIA. 6. GALLIA. 7. BRITANNIA (ET BRITANNIA STRABONIS, PTOLEMÆI, ETC.) 8. GERMANIA, VINDELICIA, ETC. 9. PANNONIA, DACIA, ETC. 10. ITALIA SUPERIOR ET CORSICA. 11. ITALIA INFERIOR, SICILIA, ET SARDINIA (ET CAMPANIA, SYRACUSE, ETC.) 12. IMPERIUM ROMANUM (ET IMP. ROM. OCCIDENTALE ET ORIENTALE). 13. GRÆCIA (ET ATHENE, MARATHON, THERMOPYLÆ, ETC.) 14. PELOPONNESUS, ATTICA, BŒOTIA, PHOCIS, ÆTOLIA, ET ACARNANIA. 15. GRÆCIA A BELLO PELOPONNESIACO USQUE AD PHILIPPUM II. (ET MANTINEA, LEUCTRA, PLATEA). 16. ASIA MINOR (ET BOSPORUS, TROAS, IONIA, ETC.) 17. SYRIA ET PALESTINA (ET HIEROSOLYMA, ETC.) 18. ARMENIA, MESOPOTAMIA, BABYLONIA, ETC. (ET ITER XENOPHONTIS). 19. REGNUM ALEXANDRI MAGNI (ET GRANICUS, ISSUS, ARBELA). 20. PERSIA ET INDIA (ET INDIA PTOLEMÆI). 21. ÆGYPTUS, ARABIA, ET ÆTHIOPIA (ET ÆGYPTUS INFERIOR). 22. AFRICA (ETt Carthago, ALEXANDRIA, NUMIDIA, ET AFRICA PROPRIA). 23. EUROPE (SHOWING THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE BARBARIAN INROADS, ON THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE). INDEX. |