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Pub Year Map Maker Pub Place Map Title Map Price (USD) Picture
1817Harrison, SamuelPhiladelphiaWest Indies$75 Picture

An engraved map, with hand colored wash

Size: 9.75 inches x 15.75 inches

Map Type: Atlas

This is a superior copy, with vivid color.

Samuel Harrison, a contemporary of the famous map maker John Melish, created this double page map for the atlas of Rees's New Cyclopaedia. The map focuses on the entirety of the Caribbean nations, but also shows all of Mexico and the U.S. Gulf Coast.

References: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Volume 2 Page 275, Harrison, Samuel, Valerie, Map Collector Publications, Tring, Hertz, England, 1999

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