Rome Athens Jerusalem Mt. Sinai Parthenon Acropolis 1835 Bradford ancient cities
Rome Athens Jerusalem Mt. Sinai Parthenon Acropolis 1835 Bradford ancient cities Rome Athens Jerusalem Mt. Sinai Parthenon Acropolis 1835 Bradford ancient cities
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Maps of Rome, Athena, Jerusalem, and the Peninsula of Mt. Sinai.

(Early American Cartography, Rome, Italy, Athens, Greece, Acropolis, Jerusalem, Mt. Sinai, Mediterranean, Baths of Diocletian, Campo Marzo, Vatican city, Agora, Rive Ilissus, Parthenon, Judah, Red Sea, Arbaia, Desert of Paran, ).

Issued 1835, Boston by Bradford for his "Atlas of Universal Geography".

An increasingly uncommon early 19th century American produced and engraved map with original outline hand color.

Bradford maps of this decade are characterized by an almost primitive engraving style, unique to this era of cartographic production in America.

Nice looking example, light old damp staining to sheet which is easy to miss, overlook or forgive visually, pleasing age patina, any minor age flaws easy to overlook or forgive.

Sheet Measures c. 9 3/4" H x 12 3/4" W.

Engraved Area Measures c. 7 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W.

Cartographic Reference(s):

Reps, American Maps and Mapmakers, pp. 270-71.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 1.

[R21730].