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Wall Map of North America 1853

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Title: New Map of that Portion of North America, Exhibiting the United States and Territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands
Author: Monk, Jacob
Description: Engraved map, hand-colored. 131x139.5 cm (51½x55") plus decorative border, backed with linen, on rollers.Large wall map of the Unites States and Central America, with inset of the world on Mercator's projection, and many sailing ships on the oceans. The western U.S. is in flux - New Mexico encompasses present Arizona and some of Nevada, with the remainder of Nevada a part of Utah, which also claims much of Colorado; the rest of Colorado, as also Kansas and part of Wyoming, is part of "Territory of Nebraska as Proposed," to the north is an oversized Minnesota, and an unnamed Montana peopled by various tribes of Indians. Oregon and Washington each stretch east across present Idaho into Montana. The Gold Region is named in California. The border with Mexico is in pre-Gadsden state.
Heading: zzf(North America - Wall Map)Place Published: Baltimore
Publisher: Jacob Monk
Date Published: 1853