Engraved map, hand-colored. 121x137 cm (47½x43¾"), mounted on linen backing, sectioned for folding; slipcase from 19th century English bookseller Edward Stanford.
Large, beautifully colored map of the United States, settled parts of Canada, Mexico, etc., with insets of Central America; Southeastern Part of the West Indies; and Newfoundland. The Southwest with pre-Gadsden border, New Mexico extends to California as does Utah, Kansas is shown but not named, the Oklahoma Panhandle is colored differently than the Indian Territory which it would join, plus other anomalies that would be sorted out in the coming decades. The map is covered with small vignettes, including beaver, deer and other wildlife; native Americans; settlers in covered wagons; sailing ships; etc. Wheat remarks that the map, "so far as the West is concerned, is an atavistic though beautifully done performance. Many towns are listed in the Gold Region, and several in Utah..."
Provenance: Henry Stevens, 11/83
References: W-TW 776, p 161, for first issue 1853. W does not note later issue; "This map is one of the best and most up to date that appeared during this period." W-GR 255. Martin & Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, #43 ( Rep ).