"British America", Tallis, John
Subject: Canada and Alaska
Period: 1851 (circa)
Publication: Illustrated Atlas of the World
Color: Hand Color
Size:
13 x 10.3 inches
33 x 26.2 cm
Fine, decorative map surrounded in a delicately engraved border and further embellished with five vignettes. Extends to show all of today's Canada and Alaska, here called Russian America. In Canada, at least 23 provinces are delineated through hand coloring. The vignettes include a bird's-eye view of Boston City, a seal, whale fishing, Esquimaux, Polar Bears, and a nautical scene showing the ships Fury and Hecla. Vignettes and border uncolored, as issued.
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Condition: A
Very lovely steel engraving with original outline color. Just a couple spots of foxing in upper portion of map, otherwise near fine.
