1864 Johnson's Map of Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland with Fort Monroe Inset

Name: 1864 Johnson's Map of Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland with Fort Monroe Inset
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13952-10
Price: 335 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1864
Kind: Maps
Size: 45.7 × 67 cm (18 × 26.4 in)
Condition: Good. Condition, with light yellowing along the edges, consistent with its age. The central fold, from its original inclusion in an atlas, is evident but well-maintained. The colors are bright.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia
Reference: BG-13952-10

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Johnson's Virginia, Delaware and Maryland, an original steel-engraved map published by Johnson and Ward in 1864, with outline and wash color by county. The title block at the lower right reads "Johnson's Virginia Delaware and Maryland by Johnson and Ward," and the plate numbers 33 and 34 are printed in the upper corners.

The sheet shows the three states with West Virginia, which had been admitted to the Union in 1863 and is lettered across the western part of the map. Counties are tinted in pink, green and yellow, with state lines in red, and railroads, rivers and the Chesapeake Bay are drawn throughout, with the Atlantic coast and the Delmarva peninsula on the right. At the upper left is an inset view of Fortress Monroe, Va., a bird's-eye engraving of the star-shaped fort on the point at the entrance to Hampton Roads, with sailing vessels in the water around it. The whole sheet is enclosed in Johnson's scrolled and vine-patterned border.

Fortress Monroe remained in Union hands throughout the Civil War, and the inset marks it as the base on the Virginia coast.

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