Subject: Western Indiana
Period: 1843 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.3 x 18.1 inches
28.7 x 46 cm
This map covers the western counties of Indiana along the state's border with Illinois, spanning from Terre Haute south to Evansville. The emphasis is on the Wabash and Erie Canal, a shipping canal that provided traders with a crucial link between the Great Lakes and Ohio River.
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Condition: A
Issued folding, now flat, with a few minor spots, tiny holes that can only be seen when held up to light, and a small, faint dampstain in the right blank margin.