Cover: United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, West India Islands. / Atwood, J.M. / 1851

Cover: United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, West India Islands. Atwood, J.M. 1851

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Full Title: (Covers to) Map Of The United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the West India Islands With a Portion of Venezuela & New Granada; Showing the routes overland and by the Isthmus to California and Oregon, Also the new Boundaries of California, Utah, & New Mexico, Compiled from the latest Authorities. Engraved & Published By J.M. Atwood, No. 19 Beekman Street, New York. 1851. D. McLellan, Printr. Spruce St ... Entered ... 1851, by J.M. Atwood ... New York.

Author: Atwood, J.M.

Date: 1851

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Author: Atwood, J.M.

Date: 1851

Short Title: Cover: United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, West India Islands.

Publisher: New York: J.M. Atwood

Type: Covers

Object Height cm: 15

Object Width cm: 10

Reference: cf Wheat Gold 258.

World Area: Central America ; West Indies

Country: United States ; Mexico

List No: 2365A

Series No: 1

Published In: Map Of The United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the West India Islands With a Portion of Venezuela & New Granada; Showing the routes overland and by the Isthmus to California and Oregon, Also the new Boundaries of California, Utah, & New Mexico, Compiled from the latest Authorities. Engraved & Published By J.M. Atwood, No. 19 Beekman Street, New York. 1851. D. McLellan, Printr. Spruce St ... Entered ... 1851, by J.M. Atwood ... New York.

Publication Author: Atwood, J.M.

Publication Date: 1851

Publication Reference: cf Wheat Gold 258.

Publication Note: Shows the Gold Regions in California. Atwood made important maps of the Gold Rush for Colton and Ensign & Thayer in 1849. In this map he publishes his own Gold Rush map, showing the routes to California and Oregon. This map is rare: it is not in Philips, Karrow, Wheat, Streeter, Graff, or nine years of Jolly. Wheat Gold 258 is an 1854 derivative of this map put out by Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning. This 1851 map is very well done, and possibly the only map that Atwood published under his own name. See our 2878 and 3209 for related maps. Full color. Folded into red embossed cloth covers 14.5x9.5 with title "Map Of The United-States Canada, Mexico, Central America And The West India Islands" stamped in black.

Publication List No: 2365.000

Publication Type: Pocket Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 15

Publication Width cm: 10

Image No: 2365A

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