Old German Map of the United States, Central America and the West Indies, c.1870

Name: Old German Map of the United States, Central America and the West Indies, c.1870
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-06670-2
Price: 380 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1870
Kind: Maps
Size: 35 × 44.9 cm (13.8 × 17.7 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Split on folding line, please study image carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Central America, Mexico, The West Indies
Reference: BG-06670-2

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, Central America and the West Indies on a German map titled "Westindien, Mittelamerica und Vereinigte Staten", from H. Kiepert's Kleiner Atlas der Neueren Geographie fur Schule und Haus, published in Berlin by Dietrich Reimer, c. 1870. The sheet is printed in black with colored outlines, with the title and a color key at lower left.

The main map shows the whole of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with the states and territories outlined, the western territories lettered in German and Mexico, Central America and Cuba across the foot of the sheet, with the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean lettered in German. A large inset at right is titled "Die nordostlichen Union-Staaten" and shows the northeastern states, from Pennsylvania to New England, on a larger scale. A key at lower left explains the colors used for the different countries and states.

Heinrich Kiepert (1818 to 1899) was a German geographer. This is the German-language view of the United States for a European classroom, with place names in the German forms.

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