Antique Map of North and Central America by Migeon '1880'

Name: Antique Map of North and Central America by Migeon '1880'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11793-39
Price: 170 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1880
Maker: J. Migeon (Artist)
Kind: Maps
Size: 34.5 × 47.5 cm (13.6 × 18.7 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Please study images carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Central America
Reference: BG-11793-39

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 and Central America from Migeon's "Amerique Septentrionale," a hand-colored map from the Geographie Universelle Atlas-Migeon, published in Paris, dated 1880. The title is lettered across the top margin, and the borders of the countries are tinted in color.

The map shows the continent from the Arctic coast and Greenland at the top to the Caribbean at the foot. Canada is tinted pink, the United States blue-green with its railroads traced in black across the interior, Mexico yellow and Central America green, with the islands of the West Indies scattered across the Mer des Antilles. The Pacific is lettered "Grand Ocean Pacifique" and the Atlantic along the right, and the Gulf of Mexico is named at the center. The Great Lakes, the Mississippi system and Hudson Bay are drawn in fine detail.

A decorative vignette at the lower left shows Niagara Falls framed by palms. Migeon's atlas combined clear political geography with small pictorial scenes of this kind.

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