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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