John M. Atwood (engraver of geographical part)
Map Of The World, On Mercators Projection
T. & E.H. Ensign, New York: 1845 (publishers, revised edition)
Phelps & Ensign, New York: 1841 (copyright)
Hand-colored engraving, varnished and mounted on linen backing and wooden rollers
31 x 45 inches, sheet
32 x 48 inches, with roller
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Map Of The World, On Mercators Projection
1840s
1840s
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American wall map of the world on Mercator's Projection. Each of the four corners is decorated with a rectangular allegorical engraving of one of the four major continents, showing native peoples, flora, fauna, and an outline map. The border of repeating naturalistic sea shells surrounds a secondary border of flags of the world. Colored in tones of green, yellow, pink, red, and blue.
United States is shown with relatively early western cartography, many territories shown including a large expanse in Oregon, and Texas is shown as a Republic. This is the 1845 revised edition of the map by T. & E.H. Ensign, copyrighted by Phelps and Ensign in 1841.