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Auction 179, Lot 137

Locates the State of Franklin in Present-Day Ohio

"Karte von Nord Amerika vom 50sten Grade der Breite bis Gegen den Wendekreiss des Krebses, nach den Neuesten Angaben", Zimmerman, Eberhard A.W.

Subject: United States, Franklin

Period: 1805 (published)

Publication: Taschenbuch der Reisen, oder Unterhaltende Darstellung der Entdeckungen des 18ten Jahrhunderts...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.6 x 6.3 inches
26.9 x 16 cm
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This small map was published in Zimmerman's Taschenbuch der Reisen, oder Unterhaltende Darstellung der Entdeckungen des 18ten Jahrhunderts. This was the fourth title in Zimmerman's annual compilations, 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: Dotson & Baker (OWA) #21.1.

Condition: B

Issued folding with scattered foxing and some offsetting at right from an opposing page of text.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $350

Closed on 9/16/2020

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