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A Chance To Follow In the Footsteps of George Washington, Mark Twain and Napoleon Bonaparte!
Rare promotional broadside promoting this late 19th Century Atlas, with a number of marvelous pitch phrases for both buyers of the atlas and prospective agents.
Perhaps the most superlative statement can be found at the bottom right, seeking agents to sell the book:
An Honored Calling
Many of the world's most famous men have at times acted as agents for books . . . Among that number be be found George Washington, while following his business as a surveyor; General Grant . . . . Jay Gould, Mark Twain, Longefellow, Daniel Webster; in foregin lands we find that Prince Bismarck paid part of his expenses at achool by canvassing with book, and Napoleon Bonaparte was a book agent when quite a young man.
Young man, don't be afraid to follow where such men as these have led. They never had a chance to sell such a work as we are offering you. Its sale will open the way to a fortune.
![[Boston Harbor and Environs] Coast Chart No. 9 Boston and Approaches . . . Massachusetts Bay with the Coast from Cape Ann to Cape Cod . . . 1872](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/90721.jpg)