Large Antique Map of North America, United States & Canada, 1806
€ 855
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1806
Sheet size
56 × 66.5 cm (22.0 × 26.2 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14345-1
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
Wear consistent with age and use. Good antique condition. The sheet shows some age-related toning and browning, marginal tears and old fold or crease marks. A water stain is visible near the lower-right corner, together with some additional minor age-related marks and handling wear.Seller Locati.
About this sheet
North America at the start of the nineteenth century, an original hand-colored copper engraving published in Vienna in 1806. The title, in German, reads "Nord America mit Benützung der neuesten und zuverlässigsten Quellen und Hülfsmittel", and the map was made after the design of Joseph Marx Freiherr von Liechtenstern (1765-1828), drawn and engraved by Martin Hartl.
The sheet covers the whole continent, from Alaska and the Arctic coast at upper left to Greenland at upper right, and from Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes down through the United States and Mexico to Central America, Cuba and the Caribbean islands, with the northern edge of South America at the lower right. Territories are colored by possession, with a color key at the left edge. The title cartouche stands at lower left, and the whole map sits within a yellow-banded graduated frame. Ocean names are in German, including "Das Grosse Weltmeer" for the Pacific and "Das Atlantische Meer".
The date places the map just after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and during the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 to 1806. The western interior is still thinly drawn, with large areas left almost empty of detail.
