GEOGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT. - Nord America mit Westindien..
Description
A superbly engraved and colored map of North America and the West Indies with a host of place names and meticulously rendered topography.
Includes an inset of the Aleutian Islands, a color key to the continent's republics and European colonies, a glossary of English and Spanish geographical terms, a list of Mexico's tallest mountains, and a key to the abbreviations of the New England and Middle Atlantic states.
Alaska is still owned by Russia, Canada is occupied by Britain and California south of San Diego belongs to Mexico. The Insetmap of the North West archipelagos is situated at the upper left corner, the benchmarks and the legend are below the title.
In the upper left corner (11 x 8,5 cm) "Die Nordwestlichen Inselgruppen Amerikas als Anschluss an die linke obere Ecke des Hauptblattes.". In the left-right corner, "Gezeichnet v. H. Kiepert Revidiert v. C. Ohoman." There is another state with the date 1865. Lower right, "Gestochen von Wibel und C. Poppey jun.", in the center, "Weimar, Geographisches Institut.". Gradnetz.
- Reference N°: 23334
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