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Auction 183, Lot 149

"United States North America ... The South Central Section Comprising Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Western Territory; and Part of Missouri", Swanston/Fullarton

Subject: South Central United States

Period: 1860 (circa)

Publication: Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.6 x 20 inches
39.6 x 50.8 cm
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This very finely engraved map is beautifully rendered and colored in a delicate pallet of pastel tones. Centered on Indian Territory, the map shows a railroad between Galveston and Houston which extends to Austin with a spur to Washington. No other railroads are shown in Texas. San Antonio is the tiny village S. Antonio de Bexar. Dallas is named. Northwest of Austin on the River Llano are "German Settlements." There is excellent detail throughout of rivers and streams. Cartography is credited "According to Calvin, Smith and Tanner".

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Condition: A

There is minor offsetting along the centerfold and a centerfold separation in the right blank margin.

Estimate: $90 - $120

Sold for: $65

Closed on 6/9/2021

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