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Maps from Brooke's General Gazetteer Improved. Philadelphia & Richmond: Johnson & Warner, 1812. Engravings. Very good condition, except as noted.
Maps from a series of four regional maps from Dr. R. Brooke's gazetteer of the world. Detail focuses on rivers and state or territorical borders. Major towns and topographical features are also given. These are interesting examples of early American cartography.
Showing from Pennsylvania to the "District of Maine", as well as the surrounding regions of Canada. $225
The states shown are: the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Georgia almost in their eventual configuration. The Mississippi Territory encompasses what would become Mississippi and Alabama. While West Florida is delineated, East Florida is not because the latter was still considered a Spanish possession as was Louisiana. $375
An interesting map of the remnant of the old Northwest Territory, issued in Dr. R. Brooke's gazetteer of the world from 1812. The original Northwest Territory comprised essentially today's Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Ohio was made a state in 1803, and then by 1809 Indiana, Illinois and Michigan Territories were created, leaving a smaller Northwest Territory. That is the status as shown on this map. Of particular interest is the mistaken position of Lake Michigan's southern tip, shown too far north. As originally established, Ohio's northern border was supposed to run along the latitude line even with the bottom of Lake Michigan. Because of the error in that position, this line was thought to pass north of the mouth of the Maumee River, whereas in fact it would pass south of present-day Toledo. This mistake led, in the 1830s, to the "Toledo War" between Michigan and Ohio. It is most interesting to see this historic evidence of the cartographic mistake that had such an interesting result. $375
An excellent and important map of the old Northwest Territory. Published during the War of 1812, this map is from Carey's Atlas which represented the best American cartographic work of the period. Carey, an Irish immigrant, established the first American specialized cartographic publishing firm. He set up an elaborate cottage system of craftsmen for engraving, printing, and coloring his maps utilizing the best independent artists directed to a common end. Carey is important, then, not only for the excellent maps he produced, but for his setting the pattern for American map publishing, to be followed by the likes of John Melish and Henry S. Tanner.
When this map was issued, the area of the old Northwest Territory was still the frontier of the United States. This territory had been created in the lands to the north of the Ohio River, and it was broken into smaller territories, and then states, as settlement progressed. This map shows the situation in the region at the time, with Ohio and Indiana as states and Michigan and Illinois as separate territories. The current "Northwest Territory" is shown encompassing Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Within the region depicted, rivers, settlements, topography (including the non-existent ridge in Michigan), Indian tribes and roads are all shown. This is a fascinating map from the nascent days of American cartography and history. $1,800
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"The State of Tennessee." Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1814. 9 5/8 x 20 1/2. Engraving. Original outline color. Full margins. A few light spots on centerfold. A small replaced section in bottom right corner, far from printed surface. Otherwise, very good condition.
An early map of Tennessee by Mathew Carey, one of the seminal figures in early American Cartography. Published shortly after the War of 1812, this map is from Carey's Atlas which represented the best American cartographic work of the period. This map is a fine example of Carey's work, showing the development of the state at an early stage. Topographical information portrayed includes towns, rivers, mountains, major roads, and backwoods trails. Longitude is given with a prime meridian at Philadelphia, as befits a map by the first American cartographic publisher. Overall, an most desirable map of Tennessee. $1,500
John Thomson. "Southern Provinces of the United States." From A New General Atlas. Edinburgh: J. Thomson, 1817. 19 1/2 x 23 1/4. Engraving by Hewitt. Full original hand color. Full margins. Very good condition. Inset view of "Characteristic Scenery of the Hudson River."
In the early nineteenth century, the British cartographic publishers were producing the finest maps in the world. John Thomson, working in Edinburgh, was one of the leading British cartographers and his maps are good evidence of the quality of work issued in Great Britain at the time. This striking map of the southeastern U.S. is an particularly good example of his work. It was issued at an interesting period in the history of the American southeast. The state of Georgia is of particular note, for its borders are shown as they were in 1798 just before the Mississippi Territory was established, extending from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. It is not unusual for a British map maker to be late in reflecting internal American information on his maps, but the nearly twenty year lapse here makes one wonder whether Thomson was in fact a Georgian chauvinist. While somewhat anachronistic, the information of settlements, rivers, mountains, and ethnological details is fascinating. Overall, a fine map of the American southeast. $1,200
H.S. Tanner. "Map of the Country Contiguous to the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal." From William Darby's Geographical, Historical and Statistical Repository. Philadelphia: William Darby, 1824. Engraving by H.S. Tanner. 8 1/2 x 10 3/8. Very good condition.
This map was used to indicate the proposed course and logistical significance of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal to be built between the upper Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River. It was issued to illustrate the Fifth General Report of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Company, which was included in William Darby's Repository issued in 1824. The intent of the map was to show how important the canal would be to Philadelphia and Wilmington, as well as the communities on the Chesapeake Bay and up the Susquehanna River. A canal through the narrow isthmus separating the two important bodies of water had been proposed as early as the seventeenth century and in 1804 work began, but the canal company soon ran out of money. The company was reorganized (with Mathew Carey as chairman) in 1822 and work was recommenced shortly after this map appeared. The canal was finally completed in 1829. This excellent map, by Henry Schenk Tanner, shows the road system and many towns in the mid-Atlantic region, between Baltimore and Philadelpha, most affected by the canal. $375
"Carte Réduite de la Partie Septentrionale Du Golfe Du Mexique Depuis Laguna Madre jusqu'à la Côte de la Floride." Paris: Dépòt-général de la Marine, 1826. 22 3/4 x 34 7/8. Engraving by Caplin. Some old marginal stains in top corners. Otherwise, excellent condition.
This is a French Dépòt-général de la Marine chart of the northern Gulf coast that was, as stated in the title, based on a Spanish chart. The chart it was taken from was based the mapping of Jose Antonio de Evia from when he explored the Gulf of Mexico in 1784-85. This Spanish chart was first issued in 1799 and then regularly updated until the French took their map from it. This is an official French Royal sea chart, and as such great care was taken to have the most up-to-date and accurate information, clearly presented. The coast from the Laguna Madre to just past Mobile Bay is shown with detail of every inlet, marsh, river mouth, and so forth, with soundings given for the entire stretch. The Mississippi Delta and River are shown to well past New Orleans. An excellent example of French mapping in the early nineteenth century. $2,200
Philippe Vander Maelen. [Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and southwestern Tennessee] Amerique Septentrionale; No. 56. From Atlas Universel. Brussels: P. Vander Maelen, 1827. 18 x 19. Lithograph by H. Ode. Original outline hand coloring. A few small spots, else fine condition.
A finely executed and very detailed map from Vander Maelen's monumental atlas of 1827, the Atlas Universel. This atlas was one of the most remarkable world atlases ever produced, anticipating the International Map of the World and being the first atlas to show the entire land mass of the world on a uniform scale. The entire atlas consisted of 400 maps drawn on a scale of ca. 1:1.6 million, with as precise and accurate information as was then available. This atlas was also the first to be made totally with lithography, each map precisely drawn by H. Ode. This map shows Mississippi and the surrounding regions of Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama. Information includes towns, rivers and lakes, roads, and topography. An interesting map of a quality well before its time. $650
Other maps available from Vander Maelen's Atlas Universel. All are 18 x 19" lithographs by H. Ode with outline color, in very good to excellent condition unless noted otherwise.
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