Schultz, Christian
1810

Early Original Map of the Ohio River Between Pittsburgh and St. Louis

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A Map of the Ohio River and part of the Mississippi, Containing the Route from Pittsburg to St. Louis and the Mines.

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Finely executed original antique map of the Ohio River between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and St. Louis, Missouri. This fine antique copper-plate engraved map is one of the earliest maps of the Ohio River published in America. Drawn by Christian Schultz.

Published in 1810 for Christian Schultz's "Travels on an Inland Voyage Through the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and through the territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New-Orleans; performed in the years 1807 and 1808…"

Schultz's work is one of the earliest works to give a detailed account of travel and the actual risks and dangers encountered in the western country. Schultz crossed upstate New York and western Pennsylvania, then went down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans, traveling inland along the way. Schultz's book is a compilation of his letters, and was published in direct response to an earlier travel guide written by Englishman Thomas Ashe in 1806. Ashe had traveled on both of these rivers and wrote mostly negative reports, arousing much bitterness among Americans toward British visitors.

CREATOR: Schultz, Christian

PUBLICATION DATE: 1810

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Ohio River

CONDITION: Good.  On heavy wove paper. Achival repairs at folds. Margin re-instated at bottom right.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: Peter Maverick

SIZE: 16 " x 8 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

PRICE: $

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