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Description

Detailed two sheet map of the United States, extending to the Great Salt Lake, Idaho and Tucscon, Arizona, from the Weekly Dispatch Atlas.

The map provides and excellent snapshot of Texas and the West, at the eve of the Civil War. Colorado Territory is shown (established 1860), with New Mexico shown above Arizona (Baylor Line), Washington wrapping around Oregon and reaching the Rocky Mountains, and Dakota extending to the Rockies, pre-dating the creation of Montana & Wyoming.

"The Weekly Dispatch" newspaper between the years 1856 and 1862 included in each edition a map of a part of the world. During this period a total of 118 maps were issued. The maps bear the distinctive sign of a half globe with the figure of Mercury above. The engravers varied but included John Dower and Edward Weller.

In 1863 'The Dispatch Atlas' was published which contained a series of English county maps. The two were combined in 1865 as 'Cassell's Complete Atlas'. With many maps in a large scale of areas not often seen, including a number a town plans.