Johnson’s California and Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona
$195.00
Post-Civil War map of the American West.
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Description
This attractive steel-engraved and hand-colored map provides a detailed overview of five Western states and territories in the years immediately following the American Civil War. Counties and districts within Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California are carefully highlighted in vibrant hues, while fine hachures depict topographic detail.
A fascinating variety of toponyms identify Native American tribes, settlements, geographic features, landmarks, forts, local industries, and more. Several transportation routes and explorer’s paths are noted, including the proposed line of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Pony Express, and Fremont’s expedition.
Dated 1864 near the bottom of the sheet, but this particular example was originally published in 1866 as part of Alvin Jewitt Johnson’s Illustrated Family Atlas. Version 4.0 on Ira Lourie’s Johnson Map Project, the first to name Yavapai County.
Map Details
Publication Date: 1866
Author: A.J. Johnson
Sheet Width (in): 26.6
Sheet Height (in): 18.25
Condition: B
Condition Description: Printed on paper that has become somewhat brittle with age. Several closed tears along the outer edges of the sheet have been repaired on the verso with archival tape, the largest of which is about 6" on the center-right. Scattered spotting and soiling visible throughout, though it offers a nice patina. Original hand color. About good condition overall
$195.00
1 in stock