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Pub Year	Map Maker	Pub Place	Map Title	Map Price (USD)	Picture
1838	Bradford, Thomas Gamaliel	Boston	Florida	$600	Picture

An engraved map, with with hand colored wash.

Size: 11.4 inches X 14.1 inches; Scale: 1 inch = approximately 25 miles.

Map Type: Atlas

This is a superior copy with strong engraving and vivid color

Taken from An Illustrated Atlas, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, Of The United States And The Adjacent Countries. T.G. Bradford served as an assistant editor of the America Encyclopedia before entering the field of atlas publishing with his first work published in 1835. G.W. Boynton, the engraver of this map, operated an engraving shop in Boston between 1830 and 1845.

With the financial success of his 1835 A Comprehensive Atlas…, Bradford was able to update his maps, enlarge them and add a descriptive text to each. For map hungry Americans, these were attractive features to those interested in migrating during the burgeoning western expansion of the United States. This map is from the 1st edition of An Illustrated Atlas….considered by most to be Bradford's best atlas, far superior to the smaller and more crudely drawn 1835 Comprehensive Atlas.

This early map of Florida displays the location of each county courthouse, along with the roads, rivers, creeks, lakes, and other topographical features. East of Tampa Bay in the center of the state, Fort Taylor is noted. It was built during the Second Seminole War as one of a string of four small, short-lived Forts along the Saint John's River.

References: A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, 1381, Phillips, P.L, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1909; Rumsey List No. 0089; American Maps and Mapmakers, p270-271, Ristow, George, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1985