This charming pictorial map of the state was drawn by Edwin Tunis and published for the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. It is filled with illustrations showing historical events, important sites, natural features, and copious notations including "The Colony refused to accept the Laws made for it by Lord Baltimore and won the right to propose its own," "Mistress Margaret Brent Demanded a vote in the Maryland Assembly" and "Kitty Knight Twice extinguished British attempts to burn her house; they desisted in admiration." Surrounding the map are additional illustrations including the Battle of Antietam, Bombardment of Fort McHenry, Fort Frederick, the Mason/Dixon Survey as well as a small inset of "A Somewhat Inaccurate Mappe of Ye Venerable Citie of Annapolis." Hornsby describes the map as "Tunis's earliest and finest pictorial map, displaying his ability to meld geography, history, and art into a popular graphic format." Decorated by an elaborate strapwork title cartouche featuring soldiers from the Revolutionary War and World War I and surmounted by the Maryland coat of arms and motto (strong deeds, gentle words). Further decorated by an elaborate 16-point compass rose and ribbon border. Lithographed by A. Hoen & Co. in Baltimore.

References: Hornsby (Picturing America) #92.

Condition: B+

The map is clean and colorful with an archivally repaired edge tear at left that just enters the decorative border. There are numerous worm holes and small edge chips confined to the top right and bottom right blank margins that have been reinforced with archival tissue on both recto and verso. The map was stored rolled and does not currently lay flat on its own.