Antique Map of Arkansas from Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1875

Name: Antique Map of Arkansas from Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1875
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13321-6
Price: 325 USD
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Date: 1875
Kind: Maps
Size: 21 × 27 cm (8.3 × 10.6 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. Very good condition. Minor toning to margins consistent with age, light handling marks. Original hand coloring remains clear and vibrant. Blank verso. Please study the images carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Arkansas
Reference: BG-13321-6

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.

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About this piece

Arkansas in a color-printed county map titled "Arkansas", from the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, published in 1875. The sheet is engraved and printed in color, with counties tinted in pink, yellow, green and blue.

The state is shown divided into counties, each lettered large across its area, with railroads, rivers, towns and county seats engraved in fine lines. The Mississippi River forms the wandering eastern border, with Memphis named just beyond it in Tennessee, and the Arkansas River crosses the state from the northwest to the southeast, passing Little Rock at the center. Missouri lies to the north, Louisiana to the south and Texas to the southwest, while the whole western margin is lettered "Indian Territory". Kentucky is just visible at the northeastern corner. A scale of miles and a key to county towns and railroads are given at the lower right.

The map gives a record of the state in the early 1870s, with its railroad lines still few and concentrated in the east and along the Arkansas River.

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