Antique Map of North America from an Old Dutch School Atlas, 1852
€ 220
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1852
Sheet size
34.5 × 27 cm (13.6 × 10.6 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-05294-18
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
General age-related toning. Minor wear, mainly in margins. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
North America from a mid-nineteenth century Dutch school atlas, titled "Noord-Amerika", from Otto Petri's School-Atlas van alle deelen der Aarde, published in Rotterdam by A. Baedeker in 1852. The map is a lithograph with hand outline color.
The continent is drawn on a curved projection with the title in a framed cartouche at the lower left, which also gives the imprint "Rotterdam, bij A. Baedeker (Otto Petri)". Beneath it, a numbered key lists the "Vereenigde Staten", Mexico and "Midden Amerika" in separate columns, matching colored numerals on the map. The United States is outlined in red and orange, British North America in yellow, Mexico in green and Central America in blue, and the western territories are marked in large letters, including California. Russian America appears at the upper left. The oceans are lettered "Stille Zee", "Atlantische Zee" and "Caraïbische Zee", and the Gulf of Mexico is named "Golf van Mexico".
The date, 1852, falls just after the Mexican Cession and the California gold rush, and the sheet shows the enlarged United States in a way unchanged by later boundaries.
