Historic maps-Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio

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Kentucky - 1824  Click Here

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This striking map of the state comes from Anthony Finley's General Atlas, published in 1824. This hand colored map shows counties, towns, roads, rivers, mountains and other geographical features. A number of counties have not yet been established. Not much is known about Finley, but it is known that he produced atlases as early as 1818 and employed talented Philadelphia engravers such as H. S. Tanner, J. Vallance, and J. Thackara. Their work is considered to have been remarkable for their distinctiveness and elegance. The period 1820 to 1840 is considered the Golden Age of American cartography. During this period copper plate engraving accompanied by hand coloring reached its zenith. The original map is 11" x 9" but this reprint was slightly modified to accommodate our archival page protectors. 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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Kentucky - 1828  Click Here

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This striking map of the state comes from Anthony Finley's General Atlas, published in 1828. This hand colored map shows counties, towns, roads, rivers, mountains and other geographical features. A number of counties have not yet been established. Not much is known about Finley, but it is known that he produced atlases as early as 1818 and employed talented Philadelphia engravers such as H. S. Tanner, J. Vallance, and J. Thackara. Their work is considered to have been remarkable for their distinctiveness and elegance. The period 1820 to 1840 is considered the Golden Age of American cartography. During this period copper plate engraving accompanied by hand coloring reached its zenith. The original map is 11" x 9" but this reprint was slightly modified to accommodate our archival page protectors. 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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Kentucky - 1838  Click Here

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Thomas Gamaliel Bradford was born in 1802 and died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1887. Before venturing into the map publishing business, he had been an assistant editor of the American Encyclopedia. His first atlas, Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Abridgement of Universal Geography, Modern and Ancient, was published in Boston in.1835 and was an abridgement of a French atlas. Later that year, he also published A Comprehensive Atlas Geographical, Historical and Commercial. His final atlas, An Illustrated Atlas, Geological, Statistical, and Historical of the United States and Adjacent Countries, was published in 1838. This edition was larger and has become more scarce than his earlier atlas. This hand colored map was engraved by G. W. Boynton and published in Boston by T. G. Bradford in 1838. It was taken from the scarce large edition of Bradford's An Illustrated Atlas, Geological, Statistical, and Historical of the United States and Adjacent Countries . The original size of this map was 14" x 11 1/2" but this reprint was slightly reduced in size to accommodate our archival page protectors. 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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Kentucky - 1850  Click Here

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A New Map of Kentucky with Its Canals, Roads, Distances from Place to Place, Along the Stage and Steam Boat Routes . . . This exceptional map was produced in 1850 by Thomas Cowperthwait and Company. The original size was 14" x 11.5" but this reprint was slightly reduced in size to accommodate our archival page protectors. This detailed and interesting map was hand colored by county and shows towns, rivers, lakes, railroads, roads, distances, forts, etc. Tables of Steam Boat routes and distances are also shown. There is a large insert of the area around Lexington, the Washington and Clarksburg area and the Falls of Ohio, including Jeffersonville, Louisville, Shippingport and Portland 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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Pennsylvania - 1828  Click Here

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This striking map of the state comes from Anthony Finley's General Atlas, published in 1828. This hand colored map shows counties, towns, roads, rivers, mountains and other geographical features. A number of counties have not yet been established. Not much is known about Anthony Finley, but it is known that he produced atlases as early as 1818 and employed talented Philadelphia engravers such as H. S. Tanner, J. Vallance, and J. Thackara. Their work is considered to have been remarkable for their distinctiveness and elegance. The period 1820 to 1840 is considered the Golden Age of American cartography. During this period copper plate engraving accompanied by hand coloring reached its zenith. 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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Ohio - 1828  Click Here

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This striking map of the state comes from Anthonly Finley's General Atlas, colored by counties and showing towns, roads, rivers, mountains and other geographical feautures. Not much is known about Finley, but it is known that he produced atlases as early as 1818 and employed talented Philadelphia engravers such as H. S. Tanner, J. Vallance, and J. Thackara. Their work is considered to have been remarkable for their distinctiveness and elegance. The period 1820 to 1840 is considered the Golden Age of American cartography. During this period copper plate engraving accompanied by hand coloring reached its zenith. The original map is 11" x 9" but this reprint was slightly modified to accommodate our archival page protectors. 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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