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C1808
North America
Mapmaker:
Scarce, c.19th hand coloured map of North America by the eminent British map maker, Robert Wilkinson (1752 – 1836). Wilkinson first issued this map in 1794 and regularly updated it as new information became available. The map is hand coloured … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
North America
Date:
C1808
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
225mm
x 283mm
Paper Size:
273mm
x 347mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1808
Description:
Scarce, c.19th hand coloured map of North America by the eminent British map maker, Robert Wilkinson (1752 – 1836).
Wilkinson first issued this map in 1794 and regularly updated it as new information became available. The map is hand coloured to denote the major colonial powers dominions; English in red, Spanish in yellow and United States in green.
In this edition Wilkinson has updated new discoveries
a\added far greater detail, particularly to the west; there are multiple Native American tribes named, several attempts to show the tributaries to the Mississippi and Canada shows much of the detail originally presented by the cartography of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Of particular interest is the small chart on the lower left which lists the possessions of each of the powers in North America. A small note at the bottom of the United States acknowledges the cession of Louisiana to the United States by France in 1803. This is further emphasized by establishing the western border of the United States a short distance west of the Mississippi. Previous to this, maps used the river as the western border of the country. The original wording of the Louisiana Purchase was the areas encompassing the drainage basin of the Mississippi River and that is what this map is showing. It is a very early illustration of this new geo-political phenomenon and it is sourced from Wilkinson extremely rare larger format map of the United States published in 1804 which is the first map to illustrate the Louisiana Purchase.From: Wilkinson, R. A general atlas being a collection of maps of the world and quarters, the principal empires, kingdoms. London
References:
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 : 1357.
Shirley, R. Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650-1750. Tring 1988 : Wol. 15, Col. 387.
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 : 3532a.
Collections:
David rumsey Collection: List no: 1201.050
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 8598585
Sir John Soane’s Museum: Reference Number 365
Robert Wilkinson (1752 - 1836)
London map publisher, engraver, and printseller active during the late c.18th and early c.19th. He was one of the principal successors to the cartographic and print publishing traditions associated with John Bowles and Carington Bowles, operating from premises at 58 Cornhill, London.
Wilkinson began his career as an engraver and printseller before emerging as a map publisher in his own right in the 1780s. He acquired and reissued numerous copperplates from earlier firms, particularly those of John Bowles and his successors, updating them to reflect contemporary geographical knowledge. Among his most significant publications is A General Atlas, Being a Collection of Maps of the World and Quarters, the Principal Empires, Kingdoms & States throughout the Known World (first issued 1794). This work compiled maps engraved by several hands, many adapted from earlier Bowles plates but brought up to date in line with late c.18th exploration and political change.
Wilkinson remained active in London until his death in 1836.
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