This
large beautifully hand coloured original antique map
of one of the early States of the Union was first
published in the 1822 edition of Carey & Leas American Atlas.
This map was published in the 1825 French edition of Carey &
Lea's American Atlas by
Jean Alexandre Buchon.
This map is in exceptionally fine condition, on clean, sturdy and stable
heavy paper, heavy engraving and beautiful original hand colour.
In 1822,
Henry Charles Carey and Isaac Lea published their American Atlas. This
volume was based on Emmanuel Las Cases' Atlas Historique of 1803, with
updated maps and text modified by Carey, a political economist.
He considered himself an American foil to John Stuart Mill and the London
economists who were proclaimers of "the gloomy science" influenced by Ricardo
and Malthus. Instead of preaching overpopulation and degeneration of the human
species, Carey illustrated the nations of the western hemisphere through maps
that showed an expanding region with ample promise of developing into lands of
great new opportunity and growth. The sheets from this atlas, which cover North
America, Central America, South America and the West Indies, are comprised of an
engraved map surrounded by text documenting the history, climate, population and
so forth of the area depicted. The atlas is particularly known for its excellent
early maps of the states and territories of the United States. Many of these
maps were drawn by Fielding Lucas, Jr., an important Baltimore cartographer. All
of the maps show excellent and very up-to-date detail, providing fine verbal and
graphic pictures of states and territories in the early 19th century (Ref:
M&B; Tooley)
General
Description:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color: - white
Age of map color: - Original
Colors used: - Yellow, green, blue, pink
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper size: - 27 1/2in x 21 1/2in
(700mm x 545mm)
Margins: - min. 1in (25mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - None
Plate area: None
Verso: - None
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