Description
Detailed engraved map of Prussia with part of Poland issued by Henry Teesdale in London in 1834.
The map shows the disparate regions and principalities that were at the time part of Prussia.
Condition Description
Original hand-color. Minor centerfold stain.
Henry Teesdale Biography
Teesdale was a London-based map publisher. He was an early Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, elected in 1830. Teesdale partnered with John Hordan and William Colling Hodson, but this arrangement dissolved in 1832. Afterward, he continued to work on his own and periodically with colleagues like John Crane Dower, Christopher Greenwood, Josiah Henshall and others. He published a variety of atlases and separately-issued maps. His business was quite successful, as he registered as a partner in the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1845.