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Thomas Gamaliel Bradford: Baltimore
Title: Baltimore Map Maker: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford
Description: A nice example of Bradford's City map of Baltimore, one of the earliest obtainable maps of the City and the first appear in a Commercial Atlas. The map is colored by wards. Shows streets, early rail lines, wharfs, public buildings, Baltimore College, a Battle Monument, City Dock, Fort McHenry, a lighthouse and a number of other fine details. Bradford's atlas was a departure from other atlases of the period. Along with HS Tanner, Bradford produced an elegant, well engraved large format atlas on high quality paper. The 1830s were a fascinating transitional period in the US and in domestic cartographic publishing. Bradford's work is without question an important part of this era. The maps were engraved by GW Boynton or S.Stiles, Sherman & Smith.
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