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1835 Thomas Gamaliel Bradford
$ 195.00
Description

Fine outline color example of the first edition of Bradford's map of the District of Columbia, one of the earliest obtainable maps to show the District.

The map shows the town plans for Washington, Georgetown and Alexandria, along with early roads and the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and the Baltimore & Washington Railroad.

A key locates 10 points of interest within the District.

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.

Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Biography

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.