Cartographer:
THOMSON, John
Engraver:
HEWITT, N.R.
Title:
NORTH AMERICA
Stock Code:
7211
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Ben Stark for John Thomson
Colouring:
Original outline colour
Atlas:
A New General Atlas. Edinburgh
Size: (W x H):
59.9cm x 50cm
23½ inches x 19½ inches
Date:
1827
Price:
£600
Handsome map of North America, with a speculative, but fairly accurately depicted Arctic coast, (this map was drawn thirty years or so before the discovery of the North-West-Passage). Most of the west and north is left blank, except for the names of the Indian tribes and the courses of the main rivers, and notes such as ‘This river according to the Indians joins the sea’ in place of hard cartographical information. California is called ‘New Albion’, The New General Atlas was one of the best produced atlases of the day.
Fine condition.