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Auction 199, Lot 205

"Florida. Nach den Besten Quellen Bearbeitet", Meyer, Joseph

Subject: Florida

Period: 1850 (dated)

Publication: Meyer's Grosser Zeitungs-Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.9 x 14.6 inches
30.2 x 37.1 cm
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This is an interesting German map of the state of Florida based on the important Mitchell series showing towns, forts, roads, canals, major rivers. and lakes. There are three inset maps detailing Pensacola, Tallahassee, and St. Augustine. The map reflects the configuration of counties in 1846, prior to the formation of Holmes County in the panhandle (1847) and Putnam County in the northeast (1848). Central Florida is dominated by a large Indian Reserve with a "Track of the Indians" noted from Tampa to Jupiter. Water routes from St. Augustine and Pensacola to various ports are described above and below the map.

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Condition: A

Contemporary outline color with a printer's crease at right.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $180

Closed on 9/11/2024

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