Antique Map of the United States by Pierre M. Lapie, Wall Art, 1842

1842 · Maps

Antique Map of the United States by Pierre M. Lapie, Wall Art, 1842

Name: Antique Map of the United States by Pierre M. Lapie, Wall Art, 1842
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12338-43
Price: 405 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1842
Kind: Maps
Size: 50.5 × 68 cm (19.9 × 26.8 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, original folding line. Blank verso, please study images carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-12338-43

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 United States, an original engraved map titled "Carte des Etats-Unis d'Amerique", from the Atlas universel de geographie ancienne et moderne by Pierre M. Lapie and Alexandre E. Lapie, printed at Paris and dated 1842. State and territorial boundaries are outlined in color by hand.

The map covers the country from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific coast, together with parts of Canada, New Brunswick and the British possessions to the north, as the subtitle states. The settled eastern states are densely lettered with towns, rivers and counties, while the vast western interior is largely open space with the Rocky Mountains drawn as ranges and large territories named across it, among them the "Territoire du Missouri". Texas lies along the Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific coast of California and Oregon is lettered "Grand Ocean". Hudson Bay appears at the top, and the Great Lakes sit along the northern border. The title is placed at the lower left in a decorative script block, with a scale panel beside it.

Pierre M. Lapie was a French cartographer and engraver, and his son Alexandre Emile Lapie worked with him.

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