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Rare Late State of The Premier Map of the Period (Rumsey) from the Golden Age of American Cartography
This is a rare late state of Henry Schenk Tanner's map of the United States, first published in 1829. The present example is the earliest surviving example to illustrate the land Grants and Colonies in the newly independent Republic of Texas.
A massive Wisconsin Territory is shown, comprising parts of the future states of Iowa, western Minnesota, the Dakotas and a portion of Canada). Further west are the Mandan, Osage and Ozark Districts, overlaid with many of the major Indian Tribes relocated from the Southeast over the prior decades.
The US-Canadian boundary curiously extends to the Lake of the Woods, with an annotation noting the Treaty of 1818 and the significance of the 49th Parallel, a boundary which predates the changes set forth in the1831 boundary as settled through arbitration by William I, King of Holland.
Includes nice detail along the Missouri River, naming Fort Mandan and numerous Indian tribes, with their populations noted. The map also locates the routes and portages between lakes, the American Fur Co., and numerous trading posts.
The map is bounded at the sides with 14 large city plans and a chart of the "South Part of Florida." The plans include the cities of New Orleans, Charleston, Cincinnati, two of New York City, Boston, Albany, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington D.C., which contains a floor plan of the Capitol building. Above the main map is a large inset "Oregon and Mandan Districts" that contains a small inset "Outlet of Oregon River" which names Astoria.
At the bottom left, there are a large group of Railroad and Canal profiles.
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