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Illinois Indiana and Ohio Smith J. Calvin – Illinois Indiana and Ohio · Antique Map Lithograph · 373 x 479mm · Th. Fischer Cassel 1845
184520544Cassel: Th. Fischer 1845. Other. In very good to excellent condition. A few small marginal mended tears at the blank bottom not affecting the image of the map and a few minor marginal pin holes. 373 by 479mm 14 by 18 inches. 373 by 479mm 14 by 18 inches. Lithograph original color in outline by Smith J. Calvin published 1845 by Th. Fischer Cassel. Image size: 373 by 479mm 14 by 18 inches. From Smith's multi-sheet Special-Karte one of the most detailed and accurate mid-19th-century maps of the United States. John Calvin J. Calvin Smith c.18091890 was an American surveyor geographer and engraver active in New York City from the 1840s. Working with partners including George Sherman under the Sherman & Smith imprint 18401853 and later in association with J.H. Colton Smith produced some of the most accurate and widely used general-purpose maps of the United States of his era. His maps appeared in government publications military surveys and commercial atlases and his multi-sheet Special-Karte der Vereinigten Staaten published in a German-language edition brought American cartographic standards to European audiences. Despite his prolific output and importance to American cartographic history much of Smith's personal biography remains obscure.This decorative map shows Illinois Indiana and a part of Ohio. Further the southern part of Lake Michigan is shown. Inside the map are many place names rivers lakes etc. engraved. The various counties are colored in wash and explicitly detailed named. In very good to excellent condition. A few small marginal mended tears at the blank bottom not affecting the image of the map and a few minor marginal pin holes. Th. Fischer unknown
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