Antique Map of the United States 'North West' by Johnston, '1909'

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Antique Map of the United States 'North West' by Johnston, '1909'

Name: Antique Map of the United States 'North West' by Johnston, '1909'
Brand: W. & A. K. Johnston
SKU: BG-12940-51
Price: 280 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1909
Maker: W. & A. K. Johnston
Kind: Maps
Size: 49.5 × 62 cm (19.5 × 24.4 in)
Condition: Good. Minor fading. General age-related toning. Please study image carefully.
Period: The Twentieth Century
Reference: BG-12940-51

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 northwest sheet of the United States of North America, from the Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, published by W. and A.K. Johnston in Edinburgh and London in 1909. The sheet is an original engraving printed in color, with the title "United States of North America (North West Sheet)" and its scale at the upper right.

The map shows the Pacific Northwest and the Great Plains: Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, with North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas at the right edge. The states are outlined in color, the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada and the Cascades are drawn in hachures, and the coast of Puget Sound, the Columbia River and the lakes of the Great Basin appear in detail. Railways cross the sheet, and towns and counties are marked in the settled areas. At the upper left, the border with Canada appears.

By 1909 every state shown here had been admitted to the Union, which shows how much the western map had changed in a generation.

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