Clark and Tackabury's New Topographical Map of the State of Connecticut.

Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Good. Professionally restored and backed with fresh linen. Original rollers. Part of top border missing - see image. Measurement includes rollers. Size 57 x 73 Inches. A 1859 first-edition example of Richard Clark and Robert and George Tackabury's important wall map of Connecticut. When published, it was by far the best and largest map of the state obtainable. A Closer Look The map covers the entire state of Connecticut with impressive detail, including topography, color coding by county and township, notes on railroad lines, rivers, and roads, and countless depth soundings along the Long Island Sound. There are multiple insets of Connecticut cities. Drawn on a scale of 1.5 miles to the inch, Clark and Tackabury's map purports to be the most complete map of Connecticut ever published, identifying 'the location of all public buildings, churches, school-houses, manufacturing establishments, and private residences'. Nine insets focus on the cities of Norwalk, New London, Bridgeport, Hartford, Norwich, Middleton, Waterbury, Norwich, Waterbury, Stamford, and New Haven, where Yale College is identified. To the left of the map proper are 1850 census population statistics for both counties and cities arrayed in a table. Publication History and Census The cartography is an amalgam of older maps and new private survey work produced by G. M. Hopkins and Company of Philadelphia. The countless depth soundings along the Long Island Sound are drawn from the U.S. Coast Survey. This is one of the last great wall maps of Connecticut in the 19th-century. It was printed in Philadelphia and sold by subscription in both wall and case format from March 2, 1859. References: Thompson, E., Maps of Connecticut for the Years of the Industrial Revolution, #181.

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Title
Clark and Tackabury's New Topographical Map of the State of Connecticut.
Author
1859 Clark and Tackabury Wall Map of Connecticut
Publication year
1859
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MASSACHUSETTS-CONNECTICUT-RHODEISLAND

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.

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