Antique Map of North America by Lowry '1852'

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Antique Map of North America by Lowry '1852'

Name: Antique Map of North America by Lowry '1852'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12593-25
Price: 170 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1852
Kind: Maps
Size: 31 × 24.5 cm (12.2 × 9.6 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, blank verso. Minor wear, please study image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-12593-25

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 from Lowry's Table Atlas, constructed and engraved from the most recent authorities, by J.W. Lowry, dated 1852. The sheet is printed in black with the coastlines washed in orange, and carries the imprint of Chapman and Hall, Piccadilly, London, at the foot.

The continent is drawn in full from the Arctic islands, Baffin Bay and Greenland at the top to Central America and the Caribbean at the bottom, with the plain title "North America" lettered at the lower left and an English-miles scale beneath it. Hudson Bay, the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi system are clearly shown, and the interior is covered with rivers, mountain ranges and the names of towns and districts. The Pacific coast at the left and the Atlantic seaboard at the right are lettered with capes, bays and harbors, and the northern part of South America appears at the lower right.

The atlas page number is printed in the upper corner, and the map is a compact continental summary from the middle of the nineteenth century.

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