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This is one of the earliest and best maps of the trans-Appalachian frontier. The map depicts the entire state of Kentucky and most of Tennessee east of the Tennessee River, as well as the very northern part of Georgia. It was issued two years after statehood for Kentucky--here shown with ten counties--and two years before Tennessee--labeled "South Western Territory," though also "Tennessee Government"--became a state. The map was drawn by John Russell of London, and it appeared in William Winterbotham's volume about the United States issued in 1795. Russell shows quite up-to-date information about the region. Not much orography is depicted, but the river system is well portrayed, especially in comparison to the John Filson map of but a decade earlier. Of particular note is the information on the myriad frontier settlements, forts, and trails. The trails, or "traces," are shown criss-crossing both Kentucky and Tennessee, and towns such as Lexington, Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, "Boonsborough," "Bairds Town," Danville, Clarksville, and others are denoted. Of interest are the depictions of the planned, but never built, utopian settlements of Lystra, Ohiopionmingo, Somerset, and Franklinville. Property and political boundaries are also well shown, including a number of grants to individuals, settlement company's lands, and the North Carolina military reserve in northern Tennessee. Other information depicted includes Indian settlements, mills, fords, and salt licks. The map is neatly and clearly engraved, making its fascinating information easily accessible. Overall, this is a most desirable eighteenth century document of the trans-Appalachian region $1,650
Benjamin Tanner after Daniel Smith. "a Map of the Tennassee Government formerly Part of North Carolina from the latest Surveys. 1795." From John Reid's The American Atlas. New York: John Reid, 1796. 7 1/8 x 15 1/4. Engraving by B. Tanner. Light spot in lower left corner. Otherwise, very good condition. Wheat & Brun: 655.
An important eighteenth-century, American made map of Tennessee. This map was issued in Reid's landmark American Atlas in 1796. The map was drawn and engraved by Benjamin Tanner, who was to go on to become one of the most important American cartographers of the early nineteenth century. This map is closely copied from General Daniel Smith's map first issued in 1794, the first and best American made map of Tennessee in the eighteenth century. The area depicted extends from the mouth of the Cumberland River to Muscle Shoals, and from the headwaters of the Tennessee River to the Mississippi. The information is quite accurate and neatly presented. The most prominent features are the rivers, with some orography indicated. Drawn in and labeled are Indian tribes and towns, roads, trails, and settlements such as Nashville, "Clerksville," and Knoxville. Also included is an indication of "Ross's Ironworks" well up the Holston River. A key in the lower left includes the indication for "Wedth of Rivers in Yards." For both its considerable accuracy and its very early date, this is a wonderful American document of Tennessee history. $1,850
Mathew Carey. "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.
Published just after the War of 1812, this map is from Carey's Atlas and it is an improved depiction of the state over the Smith map Carey had used in earlier versions. It shows the state at a very early date in its development, before the great flood of settlement of the later nineteenth century and at a time when much of the state was wilderness inhabited primarily by Indians. Rivers, towns, trails and roads are shown throughout, though development is quite sparse. The state is broken into twelve counties, with about half the state given over to Cherokee Territory. An attractive and significant map. $1,500
Mathew Carey. "The State of Tennessee." Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1818. 9 5/8 x 20 1/2. Engraving. Original outline color. Full margins. Some minor spots. Some pencil marks in margins. Overall, very good condition.
Carey's map of Tennessee issued four years later than that above. $1,500
Thomas G. Bradford. "Tennessee." From A Universal Illustrated Atlas. Boston: Chares D. Strong., [1838]-1842. 11 1/4 x 14 1/4. Engraving by G.W. Boynton. Original hand color. Very good condition.
An attractive and early map of Tennessee by Thomas Bradford. This map was first issued in the 1838 edition of Bradford's atlas, and this example was published four years later. The map shows Tennessee before mid-century, and it demonstrates the social and political situation at the time. Counties are named and indicated in contrasting shades, and rivers, lakes, and towns are precisely depicted. The transportation network at the time was not well developed, and this map shows only two railroads: one in the east originating in Asheville, North Carolina, and one in the west originating in Memphis. Overall, this is a nice picture of Tennessee near the middle of the nineteenth century. $395
Henry S. Tanner. "A New Map of Tennessee with its Roads & Distances . . .." Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1848. With insets of the environs of Nashville and Knoxville. 11 1/2 x 15 1/4. Lithographic transfer from engraved plate. Full original hand color. With light toning in margin. Overall, very good condition.
For much of the middle part of the nineteenth century, the Mitchell firm dominated American cartography in output and influence. S. Augustus Mitchell Jr.'s maps of the 1860s are probably the best known issues of this firm, but his father's earlier efforts are excellent maps derived from H.S. Tanner's atlas of the 1830s. This fine map of Tennessee is a lithographic transfer from Tanner's earlier map. The map is filled with topographical details, including rivers, towns, and separate coloring for each of the many counties. It is obvious from the quality and attractive appearance of this map why Mitchell's firm became so important. This map is especially interesting in its depiction of the transportation network in the state, including stagecoach roads and railroads. A table at the bottom right lists the steamboat routes from Nashville to Pittsburgh and to New Orleans; an important bit of information in this period of increased immigration and travel in the American mid-west. $325
Henry S. Tanner. "A New Map of Tennessee with its Roads and Distances from place to place along the Stage & Steam Boat Routes." Philadelphia, ca. 1848. Lithographic transfer. 11 1/4 x 15 1/4. Original hand color. Very good condition
A lithographic transfer from the Tanner map of Tennessee, this map would have been issued in Philadelphia in the later 1840s. In 1849, there is a S. Augustus Mitchell version of the map, but that map includes his name. The following year, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. issued their version, but that too had their name. This map does not have a publisher's name, so it is likely an intermediate state of the map after transfered from the Tanner version, but before Mitchell added his name. Whatever its exact year, and specific publisher, this is a fine map of Tennessee just before mid-century. $275
"A New Map of Tennessee with its Roads & Distances from place to place, along the Stage & Steam Boat Routes." Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1856. 11 1/2 x 15 1/2. Lithograph. Original hand color. Very good condition. With decorative border.
Charles Desilver, one of the many publishers working in Philadelphia during the mid-nineteenth century, issued an atlas of maps based on the famous Tanner-Mitchell-Cowperthwait series. Desilver used much the same information as originally drawn in the 1840s, but updated the maps with new counties, roads, towns, and especially the transportation network of roads and railroads, always the focus of the maps from this series. This map is typical of the rather unusual and scarce Desilver atlas. The growth of roads and railroads in the state is impressive and indicative of the huge growth in the region during the middle part of the century. An attractive and fascinating Tennessee document from just before the Civil War. $250
Frank A. Gray. "Gray's New Map of Kentucky and Tennessee." Philadelphia: O.W. Gray & Son, 1881. 15 3/4 x 25 3/4. Lithograph. Original color. Very good condition.
A nicely detailed map of the states by the Philadelphia firm of O.W. Gray and Son. The firm began its publishing around mid-century and published regional and U.S. atlases up to the 1880s. The map contains excellent topographical information and good detail on the towns, counties, amd roads in the states. Of particular note is the extensive network of railroads depicted throughout. This theme is reemphasized in an inset map in the top left of an "Outline Map…Illustrating the System of Railroads." Two other inset maps are included, one with a hypsometric depiction of the states and the other showing the density of population. $150
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