Large Antique Map of North America, United States & Canada, 1806

Name: Large Antique Map of North America, United States & Canada, 1806
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14345-1
Price: 955 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1806
Kind: Maps
Size: 56 × 66.5 cm (22 × 26.2 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. Good antique condition. The sheet shows some age-related toning and browning, marginal tears and old fold or crease marks. A water stain is visible near the lower-right corner, together with some additional minor age-related marks and handling wear.Seller Locati
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Canada, Mexico
Reference: BG-14345-1

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 America at the start of the nineteenth century, an original hand-colored copper engraving published in Vienna in 1806. The title, in German, reads "Nord America mit Benützung der neuesten und zuverlässigsten Quellen und Hülfsmittel", and the map was made after the design of Joseph Marx Freiherr von Liechtenstern (1765-1828), drawn and engraved by Martin Hartl.

The sheet covers the whole continent, from Alaska and the Arctic coast at upper left to Greenland at upper right, and from Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes down through the United States and Mexico to Central America, Cuba and the Caribbean islands, with the northern edge of South America at the lower right. Territories are colored by possession, with a color key at the left edge. The title cartouche stands at lower left, and the whole map sits within a yellow-banded graduated frame. Ocean names are in German, including "Das Grosse Weltmeer" for the Pacific and "Das Atlantische Meer".

The date places the map just after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and during the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 to 1806. The western interior is still thinly drawn, with large areas left almost empty of detail.

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