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![](images/zoomicon.gif) Pub Year | Map Maker | Pub Place | Map Title | Map Price (USD) | Picture | 1851 | Tallis, John | London | United States | $600 | Picture |
A steel plate engraving with hand colored outlines. Size: 10 1/4 inches X 13 1/4 inches Map Type: Atlas This is an excellent copy with vivid color. The center line is showing a slight shade of age discoloration. Exquisitly framed in a french mat in a 1 inch dark brown and gold wood frame. Outside dimensions are 17 inches X 20 1/4 inches. This supurb map of the United States was taken from The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical.... The states are outlined by color, Texas is shown in it's original statehood configuration before the 1Compromise of 1850. The inset vignettes include depictions of a the Capital building in Washington D.C, Indians hunting buffalo, Penn's treaty with the Indians, and the original Washington monument. The ornate border includes the portraits of Washington and Franklin. References: Citations: 1Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. ; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Volume 4 Page 244, Tallis family, Scott, Valerie, Map Collector Publications, Tring, Hertz, England, 1999
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