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Melish, John
Cover: Map, United States wi
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1816
Case Map
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Melish, John |
| Full Title |
(Covers to) Map of the United States with the contiguous British & Spanish Possessions Compiled from the latest & best Authorities By John Melish. Engraved by J. Vallance & H.S. Tanner. Entered ... 6th day of June 1816. Published by John Melish Philadelphia. (inset) West Indies. |
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5168A |
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Melish, John
Map of the United States wit
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1816
Case Map
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Map of the United States with the contiguous British & Spanish Possessions Compiled from the latest & best Authorities By John Melish. Engraved by J. Vallance & H.S. Tanner. Entered ... 6th day of June 1816. Published by John Melish Philadelphia. (inset) West Indies. |
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5168.001 |
| Note |
With insets of the West Indies and a Statistical Table. This map has the distinction of being the first large scale detailed map made in the U.S. that showed the entire country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This copy is an early state of the first edition -this is Martin's third state of the first edition and Ristow's fourth state (Ristow discovered a town and trail added in Ohio - Adelphi - making for a sub state of Martin's third state). The first state was an incomplete proof copy, making this the second/third state of the completed copy. The differences between this and the first complete state are small: Mansfield, Wooster, and Adelphi (and a trail from Adelphi to Athens and Chillicothe) added in Ohio, and "Vevay or" added before "Swiss Vineyards" in southeastern Indiana. Martin and Ristow identify seven states of the 1816 edition. Melish published new editions in 1818 (five states), 1819 (two states), 1820 (eight states), 1822 (two states), and 1823 (one state) for a total of twenty five different issues. Notwithstanding the many issues, the map has become extremely rare. A book accompanied the map (though issued separately) titled "A Geographical Description of the United States..." (see our #2424). Outline color by state or territory. This copy is dissected into 40 sections, backed with linen, and edged in brown cloth. It folds with marbled end sheets into new blue cloth folding boards and slip case 24.5x16.5 with leather label on spine reading "Melish. Map Of The United States. 1816" in gold. |
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Thomas, David, 1776-1859
Title Page: Travels through
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1819
Exploration Book
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Thomas, David, 1776-1859 |
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(Title Page to) Travels through the western country in the summer of 1816. Including notices of the natural history, antiquities, topography, agriculture, commerce and manufactures. With a map of the Wabash country, now settling. By David Thomas. Auburn, N.Y. Printed by David Rumsey. 1819. |
| List No |
0995A |
| Note |
Rebound in quarter leather with "Travels through the western country, David Thomas" on the spine in gold. |
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Thomas, David, 1776-1859
Vincennes district.
1819
Exploration Book
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Thomas, David, 1776-1859 |
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Vincennes district. Drawn by David Thomas. J. Ridley, Sc., N.Y. |
| List No |
0995.001 |
| Note |
Engraved uncol. map. Shows rivers, counties, settlements, USPLSS townships, etc. Prime meridians: Washington and London. Covers southwesten Indiana. |
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James, Edwin, Long, Stephen
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Title Page: Account of an ex
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1823
Exploration Book
| Authors |
James, Edwin, Long, Stephen H. |
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(Title Page to) Account of An Expedition From Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 ... Maps and Plates. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey and I. Lea, Chesnut Street. 1822. (Accompaniment to) Account of An Expedition From Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820...Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other Gentlemen of the Exploring Party. Compiled by Edwin James ... In Two Volumes. - With An Atlas. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Chestnut St. 1823. |
| List No |
0343A |
| Note |
Long's map of the great plains and the rivers draining east from the Rocky Mountains was the best depiction done at that time and was used by other map makers (see Carey and Lea atlas). Maps bound separately. Atlas vol is dated 1822, text vols 1823, all as originally issued (see Howes). Both text volumes bound in leather with "Long's First Expedition" and volume number in gilt on spines. Atlas volume rebound with quarter leather and cloth covered boards. Two large maps entitled: "Country drained by the Mississippi Eastern Section" and "...Western Section." |
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James, Edwin, Long, Stephen
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Country drained by the Missi
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1823
Exploration Book
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James, Edwin, Long, Stephen H. |
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Country drained by the Mississippi Eastern Section. (with) Country of the Mississippi. (with) Profile or Vertical Section of the Country on the Parallel of Latitude 38 degrees North. Drawn by S.H. Long Maj. T. Engineers. Engrav'd by Young & Delleker. For the Expedition to the Rocky Mountains Vol. I. |
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0343.001 |
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A large uncolored map stretching from Mississippi to Lake Superior. An inset box at top right includes a series of explanations to the symbols on the map. |
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James, Edwin, Long, Stephen
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Country drained by the Missi
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1823
Exploration Book
| Authors |
James, Edwin, Long, Stephen H. |
| Full Title |
Country drained by the Mississippi Western Section. (with) Profile or Vertical Section of the Country on the Parallel of Latitude 38 degrees North. Drawn by S.H. Long Maj. T. Engineers. Engrav'd by Young & Delleker. For the Expedition to the Rocky Mountains Vol. I. |
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0343.002 |
| Note |
Uncolored map showing the region from Arkansas, the Spanish Territory, and north to the Black Hills. |
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James, Edwin, Long, Stephen
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Vertical Section on the Para
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1823
Exploration Book
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James, Edwin, Long, Stephen H. |
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Vertical Section on the Parallel of Latitude 41 degrees North intended as a continuation of Maclure's third Section from the sea-shore to the summit of the Alleghenies. (with) Vertical Section on the Parallel of Latitude 35 degrees North intended as a continuation of Maclure's fifth Section. Engrav'd by Young & Delleker. |
| List No |
0343.003 |
| Note |
Uncolored cross sections showing geologic features. |
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James, Edwin, Long, Stephen
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Composite: Country drained b
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1823
Exploration Book
| Authors |
James, Edwin, Long, Stephen H. |
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(Composite Map of) Country drained by the Mississippi Eastern Section (and) Western Section. Drawn by S.H. Long Maj. T. Engineer. Engrav'd by Young & Delleker. |
| List No |
0343.004 |
| Note |
Uncolored composite map. The London edition of Long joins the two maps into one. |
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Fremont, J.C.
Title Page: Geographical mem
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1848
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Fremont, J.C. |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Geographical Memoir upon Upper California In Illustration of His Map of Oregon and California, by John Charles Fremont: Addressed to the Senate of the United States. Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers. 1848. [Senate.] 30th Congress, 1st Session. Miscellaneous. No. 148. |
| List No |
1857A |
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![(Title Page to) Geographical Memoir upon Upper California In Illustration of His Map of Oregon and California, by John Charles Fremont: Addressed to the Senate of the United States. Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers. 1848. [Senate.] 30th Congress, 1st Session. Miscellaneous. No. 148.](http://www.davidrumsey.com/rumsey/Size1/D0017/00171047.jpg?userid=15&username=lunaadmin&resolution=1&servertype=JVA&cid=8&iid=RUMSEY&vcid=NA&usergroup=AMICO1&profileid=1)