Detailed map of Georgia, handcolored by counties, from the first edition of Bradford's scarce General Atlas. Several railroads are shown, including Brunswick to Chattahoochee, Savannah to Ft. Argyle and to Ft. Macon, Decatur and New Echota, and from Augusta to Greensboro, Athens and Decatur. Minor soiling in the margins, just entering the image in the upper left.
Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1802-1887) was an American geographic publisher. He hailed from Bradford, Massachusetts and began his publishing career by working for the America Encyclopedia. Then, he edited and republished the Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Abridgement of Universal Geography, Modern & Ancient, which had originally been offered in French by Adrian Balbi. In 1835, he published another atlas, A Comprehensive Atlas: Geographical, Historical & Commercial, and, in 1838, An Illustrated Atlas Geographical, Statistical and Historical of the United States and Adjacent Countries. His interests were primarily in educational publishing and he was one of the first mapmakers to show Texas as an independent country.