Warner, Benjamin (sold)
Benjamin Warner (fl. c. 1800 - 1830) was an American bookseller and publisher based in Philadelphia during the first half of the 19th century. Waner was a Pennsylvania Quaker who partnered with Jacob Johnson, a bookseller, printer, and inkmaker to produce numerous imprints. He maintained a location at 147 High Street (147 Market St) Philadelphia, as well as shops in Richmond, Virginia and Charleston, South Carolina. His apprentices included John Grigg, later known for medical imprints.
Among the earliest American maps to show the United States stretching from coast to coast.
United States of America Corrected and Improved from the Best Authorities
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- DPI: 300
- File Size: 54.52 MB
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An exceptional and uncommon 1820 map of the United States issued by Benjamin Warner. Following closely after John Melish's superb wall map of 1819, this is one of the earliest maps to depict the United States extending from Atlantic to Pacific. As Wheat notes, this map is significant as one of several issued up to about 1823 that galvanized geographic ideas regarding the only tenuously explored lands beyond the Rocky Mountains, including the mythical 'River of the West' or 'Buenaventura' and other speculations. (more details)
Among the earliest American maps to illustrate the United States stretching from coast to coast.
United States of America Corrected and Improved from the Best Authorities.
sold
- Digital Map Information
- Suitable for large format printing
- Full resolution TIFF file
- ICC color profile embedded
- Delivered instantly via download link
An uncommon 1820 map of the United States by Benjamin Warner. Following on John Melish's wall map of 1819, this is one of the earliest maps to depict the United States extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific. As Wheat notes, this map is significant as one of several issued up to about 1823 that galvanized geographic ideas regarding the only tenuously explored lands beyond the Rocky Mountains, including the mythical 'River of the West' or 'Buenaventura' and other speculations. (more details)