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Scarce map of Maryland and Delaware, colored by counties, from Morse's General Atlas of the World.
The atlas and map are quite scarce.
Sidney E. Morse (1794–1871), son of the noted geographer Jedidiah Morse, was a prominent American inventor, journalist, and mapmaker. He is best known for his innovative contributions to cartography, particularly through the development of Morse's Cerographic Maps in the 1830s, which utilized a wax-engraving process to create affordable and easily reproducible maps. Sidney co-founded the New York Observer in 1823, a leading religious newspaper, and later published The Cerographic Atlas of the United States (1842), a groundbreaking work that made accurate maps widely accessible. His techniques advanced the field of mapmaking, particularly in terms of affordability and mass distribution.
