Finely's maps employ a delicate and elegant engraving style and provided extensive topographical and watershed information. He was the dominant map maker in the United States in the early 1820s into the 1830s. His atlases were very successful, outselling rival atlases by Carey & Lea, and Tanner. His maps were printed on high quality paper and were routinely corrected and updated.

This is a rare example of a Finley atlas map with a decorative border that was added after A New General Atlas, which was published between 1824-34. This map shows county configurations current for 1838, with the addition of Chattooga county.

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Condition: B+

Full contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet with a small paper flaw in the image at top left and marginal foxing.