Antique Map of the Southern United States with Inset Map of New Orleans

Name: Antique Map of the Southern United States with Inset Map of New Orleans
Brand: Meyer
SKU: BG-13191-12
Price: 155 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1846
Maker: Meyer
Kind: Maps
Size: 23 × 31 cm (9.1 × 12.2 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. General age-related toning. Some wear and soiling. Few tiny tears in margins. Original folding line, with splits. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Places: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
Reference: BG-13191-12

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

Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, shown on a German steel-engraved map titled "Die Staaten von Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana & Alabama" and dated 1846 on the sheet, published by Joseph Meyer's Bibliographisches Institut at Hildburghausen. The imprint also names Amsterdam, Paris and Philadelphia, and the states are outlined in pink, blue, yellow and green.

The map is a detailed record of the Lower Mississippi region and includes the Florida Panhandle, with the Gulf of Mexico along the foot of the sheet. Many roads, rivers, forts and towns are lettered, including Little Rock, Memphis, Jackson, Mobile and New Orleans, and the neighboring states of Tennessee and Georgia and the Mexican province named at the left appear at the margins. An inset at the lower left shows the vicinity of New Orleans, with Lake Pontchartrain and the winding river below the city. A scale of miles in German and English is printed across the top.

Joseph Meyer (1796 to 1856) was a German publisher who founded the Bibliographisches Institut in 1826. He was best known for his atlases and for Meyers Universum, which featured steel engravings of the world and found subscribers across Europe.

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