COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Carey, Mathew
Date:
1814
Short Title:
Map of North America.
Publisher:
Mathew Carey
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
36
Obj Width cm:
37
Scale 1:
26,000,000
Note:
Outline color by region or country with mountain ranges noted.
Reference:
P722-3, 1372-3.
World Area:
Central America
World Area:
North America
Full Title:
A New and Accurate Map of North America from the best Authorities. Bower Sc.
List No:
4577.003
Page No:
3
Series No:
7
Engraver or Printer:
Bower
Publication Author:
Carey, Mathew
Pub Date:
1814
Pub Title:
Carey's General Atlas, Improved And Enlarged; Being A Collection Of Maps Of The World And Quarters, Their Principal Empires, Kingdoms, &c. ... Philadelphia: Published By M. Carey. 1814. T.S. Manning, Printer, N.W. Corner of Sixth & Chestnut Streets.
Pub Reference:
P722, 1372.
Pub Note:
The first atlas made in the United States to employ standard color on the maps; while the Carey 1795 American Atlas and the Carey 1811 General Atlas list color as an option on the title page, we have never seen any copies of a pre 1814 Carey atlas with original color - they may exist, but would be rare - color was first employed as standard in this 1814 edition - all copies that we have seen have been colored. This edition is almost entirely new, with most of the maps reengraved. The 1804 edition before this was essentially the same as the 1795 first edition. The preface is dated March 17th, 1814. This edition should probably be called the second edition even though Carey does not label it as such, because Carey calls the 1818 edition the third edition. The Map of the United States is an updated copy of the U.S. map engraved by Henry Tanner that appeared in the first edition of Melish's Travels In the United States, published in 1812. This issue is late 1814. See our early 1814 for differences. Bound in quarter leather, brown paper covered boards.
Pub List No:
4577.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
58
Pub Height cm:
43
Pub Width cm:
30
Image No:
4577003
Authors:
Carey, Mathew
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Link To Source
Map of North America.
