Morris
1850

Manuscript Map of North America

North America

DESCRIPTION: Fascinating antique manuscript map of North America, ca. 1850 by "Morris". Carefully drawn and lettered, this map clearly reflects the work of a dedicated draughtsman with fine penmanship at a very small size. It is difficult to imagine that anyone would be able to work in finer detail than on this small map.

Among the named features, a few help narrow the date when the map was drawn:
  • Shows the old West Florida Territory extending westward into Louisiana suggesting a date for the map between 1822 and 1845.
  • Shows Alaska as "Russian America" a term applied between 1733 and 1867 when Russia sold the Russian colony to the United States of America.
  • Shows Milledgeville, Georgia, the capital of that state from 1804 to 1868.
  • The map shows the boundaries of the New Mexico Territory, established in 1850

CREATOR: Morris

PUBLICATION DATE: 1850

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Good.  Clean. Laid to card stock. Small margins at left and right.

COLORING: Hand color.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 8 " x 9 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 3

PRICE: $300

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