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Antique maps by David Hugh Burr

David H. Burr studied law, passing the New York Bar Exam, and then surveying under Simeon DeWitt in New York. His first atlas was an atlas of New York State (1829), the second state atlas to be issued in the US (after Mills’ Atlas of South Carolina in 1826). In the 1830s, he served as the official topographer for the US Post Office, producing a series of rare and highly sought-after large-format state maps. He also created a map of the country’s postal routes, which features roads, canals, and railroads. Burr traveled to London to work with John Arrowsmith; together, they produced the American Atlas in 1839.

Upon his return to the States, Burr was appointed as a draftsman for the House of Representatives, where he worked until ca. 1841. He later worked for the Louisiana Survey and the Florida Survey. By 1850, he was back in Washington D. C., working on the census. In 1852, the Senate named Burr as the draftsman to compile maps from the Federal Surveys. In 1853, Burr traveled to San Francisco, perhaps as part of his work for the Senate. He was then named as the Surveyor General of Utah in 1855. However, he was unpopular there and returned to Washington D. C. by 1870. Burr is widely regarded as one of the most important names in the nineteenth-century American history of cartography.

New Jersey and Pennsylvania Map By David Hugh Burr
[ First Postal Map of Pennsylvania & New Jersey ] Map of New Jersey and Pennsylvania Exhibiting the Post Offices, Post Roads, Canals, Rail Roads, & c.
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
Washington, D. C. / 1839
Size:
48 x 35.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
103212
Maryland and Delaware Map By David Hugh Burr
Delaware and Mary-Land
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71351
Pennsylvania Map By David Hugh Burr
Pennsylvania By David H. Burr
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
79146
Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa Map By David Hugh Burr
Map of Illinois with parts of Indiana, Ouisconsin &c. By David H. Burr, Draughtsman to the House of Reps. U.S. 1836 (with significant early Iowa settlements)
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
Washington / 1836
Size:
13 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
93321
Arkansas Map By David Hugh Burr
Arkansas
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1835
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96149
Ohio Map By David Hugh Burr
Ohio
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
13 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71406
Texas, Southwest and California Map By David Hugh Burr
The United States of Mexico (Republic of Texas)
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71100
New York State Map By David Hugh Burr
New-York. Drawn & Published by David H. Burr.
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71949
North America Map By David Hugh Burr
North America
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
11 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72226
Louisiana Map By David Hugh Burr
Louisiana
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
Brattleboro, Vermont / 1834
Size:
13 x 11 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
96146
Asia Map By David Hugh Burr
Asia
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96389
Idaho, Pacific Northwest, Oregon and Washington Map By David Hugh Burr
Oregon Territory
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1833
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70254
World Map By David Hugh Burr
The World, on Mercator's Projection: By David H. Burr. Shewing the different routes to California, and distance by each Routes of different Navigators, route of the contemplated Pacific R. Road, Distances to China, Europe &c. . . . 1850
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1850
Size:
23 x 19 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
72444
United States and Wisconsin Map By David Hugh Burr
United States. By David Burr
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1835
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71862
New Jersey Map By David Hugh Burr
New-Jersey
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
92199
North Carolina and South Carolina Map By David Hugh Burr
North and South Carolina
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
89689
Holy Land Map By David Hugh Burr
Palestine or the Holy Land or the Land of Canaan
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1832
Size:
10.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
87005
New Hampshire and Vermont Map By David Hugh Burr
Vermont and New Hampshire
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71627
Southeast Asia, Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia Map By David Hugh Burr
East India Isles
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1834
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71505
Alabama Map By David Hugh Burr
Map of the State of Alabama. By David Burr
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1834
Size:
11 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70366
Vermont and New York State Map By David Hugh Burr
[Lake Champlain] Map of the County of Clinton By David H. Burr
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1829 circa
Size:
17 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
80723
Missouri Map By David Hugh Burr
Missouri
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
13 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71539
Russia and Russia in Asia Map By David Hugh Burr
Russian Empire
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
14 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
76868
Kentucky and Tennessee Map By David Hugh Burr
Kentucky and Tennessee
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
71375
Georgia Map By David Hugh Burr
Georgia
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 12 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
75946
Georgia Map By David Hugh Burr
Georgia
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1834
Size:
10.5 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71259
Maine Map By David Hugh Burr
Maine [showing disputed boundaries as claimed by US, New Brunswick, and as settled by the King of the Netherlands]
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
11 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71923
Africa Map By David Hugh Burr
Africa
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72668
Illinois Map By David Hugh Burr
Illinois By David H. Burr
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
11 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71208
Eastern Canada Map By David Hugh Burr
Newfoundland Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70992
Eastern Canada Map By David Hugh Burr
Lower Canada
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70963
Poland Map By David Hugh Burr
Prussian States
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
See Description
Stock#:
70912
Balkans, Turkey, Balearic Islands and Greece Map By David Hugh Burr
Greece
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1835
Size:
12 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70868
British Isles Map By David Hugh Burr
British Islands
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70763
India Map By David Hugh Burr
Hindostan
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
11 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
54725
Caribbean Map By David Hugh Burr
West Indies
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70555
South America Map By David Hugh Burr
South America
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
13 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
56165

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Maryland and Delaware Map By David Hugh Burr
Delaware and Mary-Land
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70478
Arkansas Map By David Hugh Burr
Arkansas
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77872
Louisiana Map By David Hugh Burr
Louisiana
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
Brattleboro VT / 1836
Size:
13 x 11 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
93869
Ohio Map By David Hugh Burr
Ohio
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
11 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70477
United States and Wisconsin Map By David Hugh Burr
United States. By David Burr
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1835
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70305
Illinois and Iowa Map By David Hugh Burr
Map of Illinois with parts of Indiana, Ouisconsin &c. By David H. Burr, Draughtsman to the House of Reps. U.S. 1836 (with significant early Iowa settlements) [with report]
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
Washington / 1836
Size:
18 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
92065
Midwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Plains, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota Map By David Hugh Burr
(1st Map Wisconsin) Map of the Territory of Wisconsin. By David Burr . . . 1836
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
26.5 x 20.5 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
89241
Texas, Southwest and California Map By David Hugh Burr
The United States of Mexico (Republic of Texas)
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70551
World, Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere Map By David Hugh Burr
Western Hemisphere (and) Eastern Hemisphere
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1835
Size:
10.5 x 11.5 inches (each)
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
84793
China, Japan and Korea Map By David Hugh Burr
Chinese Empire and Japan
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
13 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80282
Eastern Canada Map By David Hugh Burr
Upper Canada
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80244
New England, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Map By David Hugh Burr
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
Philadelphia / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
79313
West Virginia and Virginia Map By David Hugh Burr
Virginia
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
13 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
73709
Northern Hemisphere and Polar Maps Map By David Hugh Burr
Southern Hemisphere
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77617
Arkansas Map By David Hugh Burr
Arkansas
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71155
New England, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Map By David Hugh Burr
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
Philadelphia / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77653
Northern Hemisphere and Polar Maps Map By David Hugh Burr
Northern Hemisphere
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77406
Holy Land Map By David Hugh Burr
Palestine or the Holy Land or the Land of Canaan
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1832
Size:
10.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
76412
North Carolina and South Carolina Map By David Hugh Burr
North and South Carolina
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71281
West Virginia and Virginia Map By David Hugh Burr
Virginia
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
13 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71234
Indiana Map By David Hugh Burr
Indiana By David H. Burr
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
73217
Maine, New York City, Ohio, Michigan and Atlases Map By David Hugh Burr
A Series of Maps For A General Atlas, Compiled By David H. Burr. . . . No. 1, Contains Michigan; Maine; Ohio; The Netherlands; and Twenty-Five Miles Round The City of New York . . . 1831
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1831
Size:
14 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72887
Northern Hemisphere and Polar Maps Map By David Hugh Burr
Northern Hemisphere
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72953
Colombia, Peru & Ecuador and Venezuela Map By David Hugh Burr
Colombia
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72831
New Hampshire and Vermont Map By David Hugh Burr
Vermont and New Hampshire
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
55517
Mississippi Map By David Hugh Burr
Mississippi
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1835
Size:
10.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72389
Switzerland Map By David Hugh Burr
Switzerland
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
13 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72283
China, Japan and Korea Map By David Hugh Burr
Chinese Empire and Japan
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
13 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72252
Brazil, Guianas & Suriname and Paraguay & Bolivia Map By David Hugh Burr
Brazil with Guiana & Paraguay
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1834
Size:
10.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72181
Louisiana Map By David Hugh Burr
Louisiana
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
Brattleboro VT / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71313
Scotland Map By David Hugh Burr
Scotland
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
11 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72159
New York City Map By David Hugh Burr
Map of the Country Twenty Five Miles Round The City of New-York
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1834
Size:
11 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72099
Australia and New Zealand Map By David Hugh Burr
New Holland and New Zealand
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1835
Size:
14 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72068
Florida Map By David Hugh Burr
Map of the Territory of Florida
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1834
Size:
10.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72029
Michigan Map By David Hugh Burr
Michigan. Drawn & Published by David H. Burr.
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1834
Size:
10.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71999
Colombia, Peru & Ecuador and Venezuela Map By David Hugh Burr
Colombia
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71896
Texas, Southwest, Mexico and California Map By David Hugh Burr
The United States of Mexico (Republic of Texas)
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
56269
Arkansas Map By David Hugh Burr
Arkansas
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
13 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70556
New England, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Map By David Hugh Burr
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
Philadelphia / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71566
Pennsylvania Map By David Hugh Burr
Pennsylvania By David H. Burr
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71426
New England, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Map By David Hugh Burr
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
Philadelphia / 1836
Size:
11.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54792
New Jersey Map By David Hugh Burr
New-Jersey
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71327
Paraguay & Bolivia and Peru & Ecuador Map By David Hugh Burr
Peru and Bolivia
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
11 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71205
Illinois Map By David Hugh Burr
Illinois By David H. Burr
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
11 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
70342
Indiana Map By David Hugh Burr
Indiana By David H. Burr
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
10.5 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71179
Argentina and Chile Map By David Hugh Burr
United Provinces Chili & Patagonia
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
11 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71178
Arkansas Map By David Hugh Burr
Arkansas
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
13 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
55219
Colombia, Peru & Ecuador and Venezuela Map By David Hugh Burr
Colombia
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1836
Size:
12.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71074
Mississippi Map By David Hugh Burr
Mississippi
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1835
Size:
10.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71084
Australia Map By David Hugh Burr
New Holland and New Zealand
David Hugh Burr
Place/Date:
New York / 1835
Size:
13 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
70724