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Auction 178, Lot 96

Rare Swedish Map Showing the State of Franklin

"Karta Ofver Norra America...", Zimmerman, Eberhard A.W.

Subject: United States, Franklin

Period: 1817 (published)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
10.3 x 6.2 inches
26.2 x 15.7 cm
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This small map was published in the Swedish edition of Zimmerman's Taschenbuch der Reisen, oder Unterhaltende Darstellung der Entdeckungen des 18ten Jahrhunderts. This was the fourth title in Zimmerman's annual compliations, and is devoted entirely to America. The map itself covers the entire present-day United States and lists twenty states in a table at right including the short-lived state of Franklin, which is erroneously identified in present-day Ohio. Topography and drainage is emphasized in this map with only a few place names west of the Missouri River including a large Quivira in the Great Basin and New Albion along the west coast.

References: cf. Dotson & Baker (Old World Auctions - State of Franklin Maps) #21.

Condition: B+

Issued folding with faint dampstains along two fold junctions. There is a 1.5" binding tear at left that has been closed on verso with archival tape.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 6/10/2020

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