This decorative map is a fine example of Henry Tanner, one of America's finest cartographers. It was taken from Tanner's Universal Atlas.
The original map is 10 5/8" x 9 1/4" but this reprint was slightly modified to accommodate our archival page protectors.
Henry Tanner Maps - Henry Schenck Tanner is considered one of America's greatest cartographers of the first part of the nineteenth century.
Henry was born in New York City in 1786. He moved to Philadelphia in 1810 to join his older brother, Benjamin, who was an established engraver trained by Peter Maverick, one of New York City's earliest engravers.
Henry worked as Benjamin's apprentice and engraved for John Melish, one of Philadelphia's earliest cartographers.
In 1816, Henry and Benjamin, joined with John Vallance and Frances Kearny to form the engraving firm of Tanner, Vallence, Kearny and Co.
Henry may have conceived the idea of creating an American Atlas when he worked for Melish. The work was begun in 1819 by the firm of Tanner, Vallence, Kearny and Co. but Henry eventually took over the project.
The first "edition" of Henry Tanner's American Atlas was published in five folios between 1819 and 1823. The first 1819 folio contained no North American maps. The first North American maps appeared in the second folio, which was released in late 1819.
The American Atlas was considered to be "one of the most magnificent atlases ever published of the United States" and was a huge success.
His success inspired Tanner to produce his Universal Atlas. This atlas contained excellent maps of each state, focusing on the transportation network, including roads, railroads and canals. All details are clearly presented, and these include towns, rivers, mountains, political boundaries and the transportation information.
In 1841 Carey and Hart issued an edition of the Tanner Universal Atlas, and later the maps were purchased by Samuel Augustus Mitchell and then Thomas Cowperthwait and Co.
Click on "click here" for larger, better image. Map size is 14" wide x 11" tall. All of our maps are digitally printed in full color and are authentic historic reproductions from the collection of map collector John Palmer. Keep in mind that all maps are shown on the web in poor quality because that is what the web does. All maps are in beautiful detail! Each map comes in an archivally protective Mylar sleeve. Image may appear to be split or folded. This is not the case and is only a result of scanning in 2 parts. Sorry, we cannot do research for you.
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