COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Kentucky, Tennessee.
Obj Height cm:
31
Obj Width cm:
42
Scale 1:
1,800,000
Note:
Col. wax engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Reference:
Sames, J.W. Index of Kentucky & Virginia maps 1562 to 1900, p. 166.
Full Title:
Kentucky and Tennessee. Entered ... 1845 by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese ... New York. (New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, 1845)
List No:
2301.022
Page No:
(22)
Series No:
24
Pub Date:
1845
Pub Title:
Morse's North American atlas. Containing the following beautifully colored maps ... New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff Street. Entered ... 1842, by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese ... New York.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 1228; Woodward, D. The All-American map, p. 14ff; Ristow, W.W. American maps and mapmakers, p. 154. Cf. Phillips, 1383.
Pub Note:
The first Cerographic Atlas of the United States. Originally Issued in three parts starting in 1842 and ending in 1845 (although Woodward states that it cannot be determined how many parts were issued, our copy indicates three parts), This copy is the 1845 edition, which is a reissue of the 1842 - 1845 edition with some changes to the maps and the addition of color. Library of Congress copy (Phillips, 1228) and this copy have no Oregon map and no separate map of Iowa, as issued. When the atlas was issued in parts (Phillips, 1383) there was an Oregon map and an Iowa map listed. However, this 1845 ed. adds 6 maps not in the 1st ed.: North America, Canada east, Canada west, Nova Scotia - New Brunswick &c., West India Islands, and Wisconsin Southern Part. Printed in full color. Bound in half leather floral textured brown cloth covered boards, titled "Morse's North American Atlas" in gilt.
Pub List No:
2301.000
Pub Maps:
36
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
37
Image No:
2301022
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers
Type:
Atlas Map
State/Province:
Kentucky
State/Province:
Tennessee
Publication Author:
Breese, Samuel, 1802-1873
Publication Author:
Morse, Sidney E. (Sidney Edwards), 1794-1871
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Author:
Breese, Samuel, 1802-1873
Author:
Morse, Sidney E. (Sidney Edwards), 1794-1871
Date:
1845
Kentucky, Tennessee.
