"North America", Finley, Anthony

Finely's maps employ a delicate and elegant engraving style and provided extensive topographical and watershed information. He was the dominant map maker in the United States in the early 1820s into the 1830s. His atlases were very successful, outselling rival atlases by Carey & Lea, and Tanner. His maps were printed on high quality paper and were routinely corrected and updated.

First edition of Finley's map showing political claims in the early 19th century. Russian Possessions extend from Alaska all the way into British Columbia, the southern portion here named New Caledonia. The United States extends to Oregon Territory and the Canadian/U.S. border is left blank in the west. Numerous Indian tribes are located. L. Timpanogosis large and extends into Snake Indian territory in today's Idaho. L. Salade is the source of the Buenaventura River that flows into the Pacific at San Francisco, here called the Bay of Sr. F. Drake. The Great Basin is labeled Unexplored Country and Canada is labeled Rupert's Land. Engraved by Young & Delleker. Finley published his atlases annually between 1824-1834, with one final edition appearing in 1836 (Ristow states his last atlas was 1834).

References: Ristow, pp. 268-70.

Condition: B+

Contemporary color with some light soiling and faint dampstains at lower left.