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Auction 94, Lot 117

"A New Map of the Great West", Beadle, D. W.

Subject: Central United States

Period: 1856 (published)

Publication: The States and Territories of the Great West", Jacob Ferris

Color: Hand Color

Size:
25.2 x 14.7 inches
64 x 37.3 cm
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Drawn by E.F. Beadle and published by Miller, Orton & Mulligan. ) This map, interesting and infrequently offered, extends from Ohio to the Rocky Mountains, north of the Ohio River and Indian Territory. It shows Nebraska Territory (created in 1854), west of Minnesota and north of Kansas. Kansas extends to the Rocky Mountains and includes the regions allocated to the Arapahos & Cheyennes. The Indian Territory is indicated for the Cherokees. Original outline color with red showing railroad detail extending west to Iowa City. Fancy titling.

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Condition: B

Binder trimmed close to neatline. Remargined and two tears in right margin repaired.

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for: $300

Closed on 3/7/2001

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