Digital Image: 1816 Carrigain Wall Map of New Hampshire
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Description
FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.
Digital Map Information
Geographicus maintains an archive of high-resolution rare map scans. We scan our maps at 300 DPI or higher, with newer images being 600 DPI, (either TIFF or JPEG, depending on when the scan was done) which is most cases in suitable for enlargement and printing.
Delivery
Once you purchase our digital scan service, you will receive a download link via email - usually within seconds. Digital orders are delivered as ZIP files, an industry standard file compression protocol that any computer should be able to unpack. Some of our files are very large, and can take some time to download. Most files are saved into your computer's 'Downloads' folder. All delivery is electronic. No physical product is shipped.
Credit and Scope of Use
You can use your digial image any way you want! Our digital images are unrestricted by copyright and can be used, modified, and published freely. The textual description that accompanies the original antique map is not included in the sale of digital images and remains protected by copyright. That said, we put significant care and effort into scanning and editing these maps, and we’d appreciate a credit when possible. Should you wish to credit us, please use the following credit line:
Courtesy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps (https://www.geographicus.com).
How Large Can I Print?
In general, at 300 DPI, you should at least be able to double the size of the actual image, more so with our 600 DPI images. So, if the original was 10 x 12 inches, you can print at 20 x 24 inches, without quality loss. If your display requirements can accommodate some loss in image quality, you can make it even larger. That being said, no quality of scan will allow you to blow up at 10 x 12 inch map to wall size without significant quality loss. For more information, it is best consult a printer or reprographics specialist.
Refunds
If the high resolution image you ordered is unavailable, we will fully refund your purchase. Otherwise, digital images scans are a service, not a tangible product, and cannot be returned or refunded once the download link is used.
Cartographer S
Philip Carrigain (February 20, 1772 - March 16, 1842) was an American cartographer, surveyor, and politician active in New Hampshire during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Carrigain was born in Concord, New Hampshire and attended Dartmouth College. He graduated with a law degree in 1794 and after practicing law for several years entered New Hampshire politics. From 1805-1808 he was New Hampshire's Secretary of State. Historian Amos Hadly wrote of Carrigain, "never has there been in New Hampshire one holding the office of executive recorder more talented and versatile, more witty and genial, more gentlemanly in manners, and more artistic in tastes." He had a knack for words and coined the state's nickname, "The Granite State". Carrigain is best known however, for his monumental wall map of New Hampshire, published in 1816. This map, most likely the most important American map of New Hampshire ever published, is admired for its extraordinary accuracy, detail, elegance, and overall beauty. The meticulous work of overseeing the engraving of the New Hampshire map apparently left Carrigain's eyesight sorely diminished. This great map, commonly called the 'Carrigain Map', was his only published cartographic work and produced no further maps, returning instead to the legal profession. Carrigain lived out his final days in a large home in Concord called, "Carrigain Commons" or mockingly, "Carrigain's Folly", for he built the house for a young bride who abandoned him at the altar. Carrigain sadly died in poverty on March 16, 1842 and was interred in the Old North Cemetery in Concord, New Hampshire. He is remembered by his great map and, of course, Mt. Carrigain, which was named after him. More by this mapmaker...
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References
Vallee, Leon, Catalogue des plans de Paris et des cartes de l'ile de France, (Bibliotheque Nacionale), 1151, GE FF 3511.