Eastern United States 1875 Brue engraved map hand color

Carte de la Region orientale des Etats-Unis et de la Dominion du Canada...

(North America, United States, Eastern US, Dakota Territory).

Issued 1875, Paris by A. Brue. Nouvelle Edition, Revue par L. Levasseur & Delagrave.

Scarce folio sheet map from an uncommon mid-19th century European atlas.

Lovely folio sheet 19th century antique engraved map with original hand color.

Insets lower right of southern part of Florida and Newfoundland. Dakota is a joined territory. The two southern trans-continental railroad lines are named as being "projected" and not yet built.

Minor light surface age wear and toning as typical, some faint minor foxing in the blank margins, overall the image is clean, well preserved and very attractive.

Original fold line as issued.

Sheet measures c. 24" x 18 1/2"

Engraved area measures c. 20" x 14"

[R21060]

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, v. 1, p. 199.