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Attractive miniature map of the state, hand colored by county and showing towns, railroads, etc. A fine example of the unique style of the Diamond Atlas.
Sidney E. Morse (1794–1871), son of the noted geographer Jedidiah Morse, was a prominent American inventor, journalist, and mapmaker. He is best known for his innovative contributions to cartography, particularly through the development of Morse's Cerographic Maps in the 1830s, which utilized a wax-engraving process to create affordable and easily reproducible maps. Sidney co-founded the New York Observer in 1823, a leading religious newspaper, and later published The Cerographic Atlas of the United States (1842), a groundbreaking work that made accurate maps widely accessible. His techniques advanced the field of mapmaking, particularly in terms of affordability and mass distribution.
