The World on Mercators Projection - Central/S. America and the poles are treated

and the poles are treated sparingly with only a few patches of coast shown around the south pole

A nice copperplate engraving

A nice map of the state with the latest developments

Printed color remains strong

hand colored by county abounding with insets for all the growing cities of the state (not just the Big Apple)

The World on Mercators Projection - Central/S. America and the poles are treatedTallis produced some to the most decorative maps issued in the 19th century. All have baroque vignettes and unique ornate borders. A map of the world showing the steamer routes to the colonies and decorated with eight small vignettes of scenes of the world Close top margins. Condition is good. Image size is 10. 5 x 13. 5 with some outline color.