A Map of North America Constructed According to the Latest Information by H. S. Tanner.
Publication date: 1825
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Map
- Used
Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
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Condition: Used
£ 10,347.65
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Good. Professionally restored and laid down on fresh linen. Some discolorations and dampstains throughout. Normally an 18,000 USD piece, here priced to accommodate further restoration. Size 45 x 59 Inches. An example of Henry Schenk Tanner's 1825 landmark map of North America, considered to be the most important 19th-century map of North America. Revolutionary in countless ways, this is the most accurate map of North America the world of 1825 had yet seen, particularly the little-understood western parts. The task before Tanner in assembling this map, piecing together the cartography of an unknown country from piecemeal, often unreliable reports, was monumental. Tanner draws on Aaron Arrowsmith, Lewis and Clark, Alexander von Humboldt, Zebulon Pike, Stephen Harriman Long, Daniel Williams Harmon, George Vancouver, and others. A Closer Look The map is broad in scope, covering from the High Arctic and the Bering Strait to the northern part of South America. It includes all of North America, from Alaska to Panama, Greenland, Iceland, the West Indies, Central America, and the Aleutian Islands. The United States is presented according to pre-Mexican-American War boundaries. British Columbia, called New Hanover, is tied to the massive Oregon Territory extending as far north as 54° 40' Latitude - a claim that would later become an issue of international contention. The United States boundary with Mexico follows the 1819 Adams-Onís Treaty and runs along the Sabine River to the Red River, to the 100th Meridian West, to the Arkansas River, then west to that river's source at the 42nd parallel, which it follows to the Pacific. Much of the American west is unexplored. For coastal outlines, Tanner uses Vancouver. Inland, he relies on Zebulon Pike and Stephen Harriman Long, often recognizing and correcting, at great effort, discrepancies and inconsistencies. Longs Peak is identified and named as such for the first time. For much of the lands beyond the Rocky Mountains, Tanner relies on Humboldt's map of 1811. Although not based upon actual exploration, Humboldt was masterful at culling the wheat from the chaff when studying old missionary and conquistador reports and thus produced an impressively insightful map. The Sierra Nevada Mountains are not present. The Sierra Madre are in evidence but truncated at the northern ends. Tanner adds an annotation, These Mountains are supposed to extend much farther to the north than here shewn: but there are no data by which to trace them with accuracy. Instead, Tanner follows earlier conventions and unreliable monastic reports by adding three fictional rivers: the Rio San Buenaventura, flowing from Lake Utah, labeled here Salt Lake ; the Rio Timpanagos, flowing from Great Salt Lake, labeled here Lake Timpanagos ; and the Los Mongos River, also flowing from Lake Timpanagos . Tanner funnels the Timpanagos River into San Francisco Bay, labeled here Port Sir Frans. Drake , which is, for all intent and purpose, unrecognizable as Vancouver, his primary source for the west coast, never explored the Bay Area. The cartographer identifies a hypothetical 'Great Bear Lake' just east of Prince of Wales Island. This is not to be confused with the factual 'Great Bear Lake' correctly located north of 'Great Slave Lake.' Apparently, this, along with much of the other information about the Pacific Northwest, was derived from the 1820 journal of Bennington, Vermont, native, fur trader, and explorer with the Northwest Company Daniel Williams Harmon (1778 - 1843). Harmon never saw the supposed lake himself but rather noted it in his journal based upon representations by Native Americans he encountered trading fur. Impressive Cartouche In the lower left, there is a dramatic title cartouche featuring some of the flora, fauna, and natural wonders of America. Niagara Falls and the impressive Virginia Natural Land Bridge are prominent. The picture of Niagara is a combination of Vanderlyn's A View of the Westerly Branch , used f.…
Seller Inventory # NorthAmerica-tanner-1825-2
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Map of North America Constructed According to the Latest Information by H. S. Tanner.
- Author
- 1825 Tanner Wall Map of North America
- Publication year
- 1825
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- NORTH-AMERICA
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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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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), Philip Lee Phillips Society, the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the International Map Collectors Society 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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