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Auction 153, Lot 149

"Map of the United States, Engraved for the Modern Traveller", Hall, Sidney

Subject: Eastern United States

Period: 1830 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
7.6 x 6.7 inches
19.3 x 17 cm
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Nice small map depicting an extended Arkansas Territory with the Red River serving as part of the southern border with Mexico. Texas is not named. The region to the north of Arkansas Territory is the state of Missouri and Missouri Territory, which contains the names of numerous Indian tribes. Northwest Territory occupies the arrowhead of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the upper peninsula of Michigan. An inset at bottom shows the southern portion of Florida on the same scale as the main map. Published by James Duncan, Paternoster Row, London.

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Condition: B

Issued folding with soiling, light offsetting, and a short fold separation confined to the lower blank margin that has been closed on verso with archival tape.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $55

Closed on 5/20/2015

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