Antique Map of the River Systems of America by Johnston, '1850'

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Antique Map of the River Systems of America by Johnston, '1850'

Name: Antique Map of the River Systems of America by Johnston, '1850'
Brand: W. & A. K. Johnston
SKU: BG-12790-12
Price: 225 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1850
Maker: W. & A. K. Johnston
Kind: Maps
Size: 28 × 36 cm (11 × 14.2 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-12790-12

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

The river systems of the Americas drawn on a pair of maps, an original engraving with color outlining from Alexander Keith Johnston's The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, published in 1850. The sheet is lettered "The River Systems of America showing the boundaries and comparative extent of the river basins" and marked "Hydrography II, Plate XI" at the right margin.

The two maps stand side by side, North America at the left and South America at the right, each with the great drainage basins outlined in color and named. In the north the St. Lawrence, the Mississippi, the Mackenzie and the Columbia basins are shown; in the south the Amazon, the Orinoco and the La Plata systems dominate. Figures on the maps give the area of each basin, and an explanation block at the lower right sets out the colored boundaries. The imprint of William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, runs at the foot.

Johnston's Physical Atlas was among the first atlases to chart climate, geology, plants and rivers on a worldwide scale.

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