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Auction 93, Lot 139
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"A New Map of Mississippi with its Roads & Distances", Tanner, Henry Schenck

Subject: Mississippi

Period: 1836 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.1 x 13.7 inches
28.2 x 34.8 cm
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A handsome hand colored engraved map by one of the foremost early American cartographers. Early county configuration, particularly in the northeast part of the state. A legend notes the steamboat routes with point to point distances from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. Land distances between towns are noted along the roads. Railroad and canals are also shown.

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Condition: A

Brittleness on paper edges with a couple of short tears, image very good.

Estimate: $150 - $170

Sold for: $130

Closed on 12/6/2000

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