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Auction 184, Lot 308
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"Neueste Karte von Michigan nach den Bessten Quellen Verbessert", Meyer, Joseph

Subject: Michigan

Period: 1845 (dated)

Publication: Meyer's Grosser Hand-Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.7 x 14.8 inches
29.7 x 37.6 cm
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This is the German edition of the Tanner/Mitchell map of Michigan from the New Universal Atlas, with a German title but English place names. County development is current circa 1831 with no development in the northern portion of the state. Railroads are shown only in the extreme southern portion of the state. It includes an inset of the western tip of the Upper Peninsula. The table to the right gives the cities and distances along the steamboat routes from Detroit to Fort Gratiot and then continuing to Fort Howard.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color with scattered foxing.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $160

Closed on 9/15/2021

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