Colby College 16thcworld Wilkes studied triangulation and surveying

Wilkes studied triangulation and surveying with Ferdinand Hassler

Less than a decade later

for the east

The Paris edition contained a superb double cordiform world map by the French cartographer Oronce Fine (1494-1555)

as a way to supplement their newspaper business

Colby College 16thcworld Wilkes studied triangulation and surveyingRichard Rummell Colby College Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 17 1 4 x 29 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were distributed.