COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Webster, James
Date:
1836
Short Title:
Map of the United States
Publisher:
James Webster.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Pocket Map
Obj Height cm:
40
Obj Width cm:
50
Scale 1:
5,702,400
Note:
The map, in outline color and measuring 40x50, is from a discarded plate of H. Phelps' U.S. (see our #2442) The index is largely stolen from Mitchell's Travellers Guide index sheet for 1832, however the information on roads and distances is taken from someone else. Phelps' name can be seen through the erasure on the map plate. The map has the characteristic oval portrait of Washington, reengraved (clumsily) from the Phelps issue. Webster put this together from Phelps, Mitchell and (?) and it is very scarce - we can find no references to it. It was probably a one shot issue. Map and guide fold into a green quarter leather booklet, which slips into a green cloth covered case. Title on front and back of booklet.
Country:
United States
Full Title:
Map of the United States Published by J. Webster, New York, 1836. Entered ... the 26th day of March 1833 by James Webster ... New York.
List No:
3450.003
Series No:
3
Engraver or Printer:
Chapin, Wm.
Publication Author:
Webster, James
Pub Date:
1836
Pub Title:
Travellers Guide and Statistical View of the United States. Published by J.W. Webster, New York. Entered ... 1834, by J.W. Webster ... New-York. (with) Map of the United States Published by J. Webster, New York, 1836. Entered ... the 26th day of March 1833 by James Webster ... New York.
Pub List No:
3450.000
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Pub Height cm:
14
Pub Width cm:
10
Image No:
3450003
Authors:
Webster, James
