Item number: NAM175
Genuine Antique Hand Colored Map
c. 1850
Maker: Appleton.
Antique hand colored map from Appleton's Modern Atlas of the Earth c. 1850 published by Collins. Map engraver is Archer. Shows the boundary of 1819, includes New California, New Albion, a very large Texas that goes up to the Arkansas River, and many other cartographic curiosities. This map is undated but was definitely published before the Gadsden Purchase and after 1848 when the US received a vast portion of the Southwest, including present day California in a treaty. Very good condition with center fold as issued. Approx. 11.5 x 10 inches.
Item Number: NAM175