Antique Map of North America by Blackie & Son, Colored, 1882

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Antique Map of North America by Blackie & Son, Colored, 1882

Name: Antique Map of North America by Blackie & Son, Colored, 1882
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13601-2-57
Price: 415 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1882
Kind: Maps
Size: 38 × 57 cm (15 × 22.4 in)
Condition: Good. Good antique condition. Light overall age toning consistent with age. Minor scattered foxing and light handling marks, mostly visible in the margins. Original central fold as issued. No major tears or losses.
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-13601-2-57

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

North America, an original map published by Blackie & Son of Glasgow, Edinburgh and London for their Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography, dated 1882. The title "North America" is engraved at the lower left with two scales of English and geographical miles beneath it, and the publisher's imprint is printed at the foot.

The sheet covers the whole continent, from Greenland and the Arctic archipelago at the top to Central America and the northern tip of South America at the bottom, with Alaska at the upper left and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans filling the margins. Outline color distinguishes the British possessions, shown in pink, the United States and Mexico in other tints, with the border between the United States and Canada printed as a strong line. The map shows Hudson Bay, the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies with Cuba clear at the right, and the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi system are drawn with fine hachures.

The sheet gives the continent as it was known to Victorian map readers.

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