"North & South America; for the Elucidation of the Abbe Gaultiers Geographical Games", Aspin, Jehoshaphat

This is a very unusual and interesting map with a large inset of the eastern United States that extends just beyond the Mississippi River. Part of Gaultier's "Geographical Games," the map includes no place names. It would be paired with an identical map with place names, and students would have to see if they could identify various locations. The U.S.-Mexico border pre-dates the Gadsen Purchase. Although it lacks place names, the map is filled with the river and mountain systems. A few cities are denoted with a small circle filled with a dot, but the cities are not labeled, and one can imagine that the players of this game were required to name the marked cities. Engraved by Hewitt.

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Condition: A

On blue paper with a short edge tear confined to the top blank margin and a sliver of toning along the sheet's edges.