Carte Du Territoire D'Arkansa et des autres Territoires Des Etat ~Catalog 61~ A fine copperplate engraved map

A fine copperplate engraved map of the British Isles by one of America's early cartographic publishers

Image size is 16 x 12

but this lays out a bit of it's beginning

Image size is 13 inches x 10 inches with some outline color

The map of British Guayana is surrounded by five small vignettes relating to native life of the region including scenes from Georgetown

Carte Du Territoire D'Arkansa et des autres Territoires Des Etat ~Catalog 61~ A fine copperplate engraved mapCarte Du Territoire D'Arkansa et des autres Territoires Des Etats An important map based on the explorations of Major Long, showing the West with many interesting notations. It was Long who led an expedition across the Plains along the Platte River, to the front range where they encountered "the Highest Peak" (now Longs Peak), "James Peak" (Pikes Peak), and traced the Arkansas River back east. It was also Long who called the western plains "The Great