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Description

Remarkable large format map of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, from Anthony Finley's New American Atlas.

The map presents an excellent look at the three states shortly after their admission into the Union. The northern part of each state is dominated by oversized early counties and regions which were still in the hands of various Indian tribes, including the Cherokee and Upper Creek in Alabama and the Choctaw and Chickasaw in Mississippi. General Jackson's Road is shown, as are the Robinson Road and the Old Natchez Road in Mississippi. A number of early Indian agencies are shown along the various northern roads.

A fabulous example of this scarce map.

Condition Description
Original hand-color by county. Very minor soiling and some offsetting, overall a very nice example.
Anthony Finley Biography

Anthony Finley (1784-1836) was an American map publisher. Little is known about his life. He is presumed to have been born in Philadelphia, where he also died. A publisher, Finley was also involved in several Philadelphia civic and professional societies such as the Philadelphia Apprentices’ Library. He may have been in business as early as 1809 and his first publication dates from ca. 1811.

His first maps also date from this year, with two maps in Daniel Edward Clarke’s Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The first atlas published by Finley appeared in 1818, the Atlas classica, or, Select maps of ancient geography, both sacred and profane, for the use of colleges and schools in the United States. He is best known for his A New General Atlas Comprising a Complete Set of Maps (1824), which was a bestseller. There were two editions in 1824, with annual editions until 1834.

Finley was part of the first generation of American publishers who produced high quality, precise maps on American soil. He was in competition with other Philadelphia publishers, for example Henry S. Tanner. Finley’s A New American Atlas Designed Principally to Illustrate the Geography of the United States of America (1826) closely mirrors Tanner’s A New American Atlas Containing Maps of the Several States of the North American Union, with similar groupings of maps; the main difference is the smaller scale of Finley’s maps. Finley printed two editions of this atlas.