Item number: WES133A
Genuine Antique Hand-Colored Map
1863
Maker: Johnson.
Antique map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. Published in 1863 at the height of the civil war. Includes mining districts, emigrant trails, the Santa Fe Trail, the Pony Express Route and several proposed railroads, American Indian tribes, geological features, and political divisions. Unusual early territory boundaries, with New Mexico and Arizona extending east-west. Arizona is shown as a small strip below New Mexico, and is labelled "Arrizona or the Gadsden Ten Million Purchase of Mexico". Original hand-coloring, good detail of landforms, water bodies, and towns. Published in Johnson's Illustrated Family Atlas, 1863. Good to very good condition, with some mild image transfer, some minor spots, toning that is darker at the paper edges, and some minor wear and small tears at paper edges. Approx. 17 x 24 inches to the outer part of the decorative border, with some parts of the map extending beyond.
Genuine Antique Map from 1863
Item Number: WES133A