Antique Map of North America by Dufour 'circa 1834'

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Antique Map of North America by Dufour 'circa 1834'

Name: Antique Map of North America by Dufour 'circa 1834'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: JAK-1254
Price: 225 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1834
Kind: Maps
Size: 20.5 × 26.5 cm (8.1 × 10.4 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, original folding lines. Blank verso, please study images carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: JAK-1254

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 engraved map titled "Amerique Septentrionale" and signed "par A. H. Dufour, Geographe, 1834" in the title block at the lower left. The sheet is printed in black without color, and the date has been added in pencil below the border.

The map shows the whole continent on a projection with curved meridians, with the longitude counted from the Paris meridian along the top. Alaska appears as "Amerique Russe" at the upper left and Greenland at the upper right, with the Arctic coasts drawn broadly. The interior carries the names of the United States, Mexico and the British lands, with the Great Lakes, the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico clearly drawn, and the West Indies, lettered "Mer des Antilles", at the lower right. The seas are named in large spaced capitals: "Grand Ocean" or "Mer du Sud ou Ocean Pacifique" on the west and "Ocean Atlantique" on the east. A small scale of miles stands at the upper right, and the title is set in a script block at the lower left.

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