Antique Map of North America from an Old Dutch School Atlas, 1852

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Antique Map of North America from an Old Dutch School Atlas, 1852

Name: Antique Map of North America from an Old Dutch School Atlas, 1852
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-05294-18
Price: 245 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1852
Kind: Maps
Size: 34.5 × 27 cm (13.6 × 10.6 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear, mainly in margins. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-05294-18

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 from a mid-nineteenth century Dutch school atlas, titled "Noord-Amerika", from Otto Petri's School-Atlas van alle deelen der Aarde, published in Rotterdam by A. Baedeker in 1852. The map is a lithograph with hand outline color.

The continent is drawn on a curved projection with the title in a framed cartouche at the lower left, which also gives the imprint "Rotterdam, bij A. Baedeker (Otto Petri)". Beneath it, a numbered key lists the "Vereenigde Staten", Mexico and "Midden Amerika" in separate columns, matching colored numerals on the map. The United States is outlined in red and orange, British North America in yellow, Mexico in green and Central America in blue, and the western territories are marked in large letters, including California. Russian America appears at the upper left. The oceans are lettered "Stille Zee", "Atlantische Zee" and "Caraïbische Zee", and the Gulf of Mexico is named "Golf van Mexico".

The date, 1852, falls just after the Mexican Cession and the California gold rush, and the sheet shows the enlarged United States in a way unchanged by later boundaries.

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