Old German Map of the United States, Central America and the West Indies, c.1870
€ 340
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1870
Sheet size
35 × 44.9 cm (13.8 × 17.7 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-06670-2
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. Split on folding line. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
The United States, Central America and the West Indies on a German map titled "Westindien, Mittelamerica und Vereinigte Staten", from H. Kiepert's Kleiner Atlas der Neueren Geographie fur Schule und Haus, published in Berlin by Dietrich Reimer, c. 1870. The sheet is printed in black with colored outlines, with the title and a color key at lower left.
The main map shows the whole of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with the states and territories outlined, the western territories lettered in German and Mexico, Central America and Cuba across the foot of the sheet, with the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean lettered in German. A large inset at right is titled "Die nordostlichen Union-Staaten" and shows the northeastern states, from Pennsylvania to New England, on a larger scale. A key at lower left explains the colors used for the different countries and states.
Heinrich Kiepert (1818 to 1899) was a German geographer. This is the German-language view of the United States for a European classroom, with place names in the German forms.
