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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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Author:
Carey, Mathew
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Date:
1796
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Short Title:
Title Page: Carey's general atlas.
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Title Page: Carey's general atlas.
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Publisher:
Mathew Carey
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Mathew Carey
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Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
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42
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Note:
This was the first General Atlas published in the United States. It has the same maps as Carey's Guthrie Atlas, and adds a large map of the United States by Samuel Lewis, which is an imposing and important map, lacking in most copies. The Lewis map of the United States appears here for the first time. Even though the contents page of Carey's Guthrie Atlas calls for a map of the United States, it is not found in any copies that we know of. Karpinski (CXIV) incorrectly says this map appeared in the American Atlas of 1795. These maps are not folded horizontally, as are the 1795 Guthrie maps, and the Map of France has a 1798 engraving credit that does not appear on the Guthrie 1795 issue. This copy also contains a map not belonging to this atlas, glued inside the back cover, entitled "Chart of the Atlantic Ocean" published by Edmund M. Blunt, Newburyport in 1802. Atlas is bound in quarter leather, brown and black patterned paper covered boards.
note
This was the first General Atlas published in the United States. It has the same maps as Carey's Guthrie Atlas, and adds a large map of the United States by Samuel Lewis, which is an imposing and important map, lacking in most copies. The Lewis map of the United States appears here for the first time. Even though the contents page of Carey's Guthrie Atlas calls for a map of the United States, it is not found in any copies that we know of. Karpinski (CXIV) incorrectly says this map appeared in the American Atlas of 1795. These maps are not folded horizontally, as are the 1795 Guthrie maps, and the Map of France has a 1798 engraving credit that does not appear on the Guthrie 1795 issue. This copy also contains a map not belonging to this atlas, glued inside the back cover, entitled "Chart of the Atlantic Ocean" published by Edmund M. Blunt, Newburyport in 1802. Atlas is bound in quarter leather, brown and black patterned paper covered boards.
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United States
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Full Title:
(Title Page to) Carey's General Atlas ... Philadelphia: Published By Mathew Carey. May 1, 1796.
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(Title Page to) Carey's General Atlas ... Philadelphia: Published By Mathew Carey. May 1, 1796.
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List No:
2862B
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2862B
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2
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Publication Author:
Carey, Mathew
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Carey, Mathew
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Pub Date:
1796
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1796
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Pub Title:
Carey's General Atlas ... Philadelphia: Published By Mathew Carey. May 1, 1796.
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Carey's General Atlas ... Philadelphia: Published By Mathew Carey. May 1, 1796.
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P683.
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Pub Note:
See note field above.
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2862.000
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World Atlas
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World Atlas
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45
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2862B
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Authors:
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