Pair of Comparative Views of the Principal Waterfalls, Islands, Lakes, Rivers, and Mountains in the Eastern & Western Hemispheres, 1851

A pair of mid-nineteenth century engravings by J Rapkin, published by John Tallis. The engravings show the relative sizes of the world's waterfalls, islands, lakes, rivers and mountains, as well as the snow lines, and the greatest heights reached by balloonists, including that of French chemist and balloonist Joseph Gay-Lussac.
Presented in ebonised frames.