Phelps, Humphrey (sold) (Phelps and Watson, Phelps Ensigns and Thayer, Phelps Fanning and Company)
Humphrey Phelps (June 10, 1799 - October 8, 1875) was an American map, guidebook, broadside, and print publisher active in New York City from the early 1830s through the 1860s. Born in Hebron, Connecticut, he developed a publishing business centered on geographical information for travelers, emigrants, and urban visitors. His early New York City plan, subsequently issued as Strangers Guide through the City of New York: With the Latest Improvements, carried a copyright dated July 1, 1830. During the mid-1830s, he published with B. S. Squire, Jr., their joint imprint appearing on maps and emigrant information concerning the expanding western states. Phelps subsequently worked through several publishing partnerships: the 1847 edition of Phelps's Travellers' Guide through the United States appeared under Phelps, Ensigns and Thayer, while Phelps, Fanning and Company issued Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States and Phelps' Hundred Cities and Large Towns of America in 1853. His output ranged from portable folding maps and city guides to decorative geographical sheets, including Pictorial View of the World, copyrighted in 1846. He also participated in the market for historical and popular prints. With his nephew Gaylord Watson (1833 - 1896), he operated Phelps and Watson, a New York map and print publishing concern that distributed Kellogg lithographs during 1859 - 1864; this partnership dissolved on January 1, 1865. Phelps returned to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1868 and died there in 1875.
AKA: Phelps and Watson, Phelps Ensigns and Thayer, Phelps Fanning and Company
Map of the United States.
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An exceptional and rare map of the United States published by James Webster in 1835. Extends from the east coast of the United States westward as far as the Rocky Mountains, including much of Texas. This map of the United States is heavily based upon Humphrey ... (more details)
An early pocket map of New York City.
Strangers Guide Through the City of New York, with the latest Improvements.
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A scarce map of 1837 map New York City issued by Humphrey Phelps. This map details the southern part of Manhattan from the battery to 14th Street, though it technically extends, though with less detail, all the way to 41st street. Phelps identifies all ... (more details)
Spectacular patriotic wall map of the United States illustrating the Republic of Texas.
Phelps and Ensign's travellers' guide, and map of the United States, containing the roads, distances, steam boat and canal routes etc.
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A very patriotic piece, this spectacular 1841 decorative wall map of the United States was prepared New York firm of Phelps and Ensign. The highly appealing production covers the United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Seaboard and from ... (more details)
Scarce map of New York City.
Map of the City of New York, with the adjacent Cities of Brooklyn & Jersey City, and the Village of Williamsburg.
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This scarce 1845 map of New York City and adjacent parts of Brooklyn was published by Humphrey Phelps. Oriented to the west, this map covers the lower parts of Manhattan from the Battery to 32nd Street. It additionally covers adjacent parts of ... (more details)
United States as the Tree of Liberty.
Tree of Liberty.
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This is an 1846 Humphrey Phelps political broadside of the United States as the Tree of Liberty. Thirty-six medallions adorn the branches: 34 represent states and two, at top center, depict the Great Seal of the United States. (more details)
Wonderful decorative propaganda map advocating for the United States as a global power following the acquisition of Upper California and Texas as the end of the Mexican American War.
Ornamental Map of The United States and Mexico, 1847.
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A remarkably graphic propaganda map of the United States in 1847 by Humphrey Phelps. Boldly expressing U.S. dominance of the continent, this map loudly proclaims Manifest Destiny. The United States is here transformed by victory in the ... (more details)
On the cusp of the Westward Expansion.
Phelps’s National Map of the United States, A Travellers Guide. Embracing the Principal Rail Roads, Canals, Steam Boat and Stage Routes throughout the Union.
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This is the 1848 issue of the first state of Phelps's map of the United States. The map was issued during the Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848), and as such captures an ephemeral moment in American history: after Texas joined the Union, but before the Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo and the annexation of Upper California. (more details)
An iconic and beautiful map of New York City.
New York City Map.
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This is an uncommon and colorful 1857 map of New York City by Humphrey Phelps. The map depicts Manhattan south of 131st Street as well as adjacent parts of Brooklyn, Queens, Hoboken, and Jersey City. Individual streets are named as are ... (more details)
With steam and sailing ships!
New York City Map.
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This is a detailed, colorful 1857 map of New York City by Humphrey Phelps. (more details)
New York City Map.
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An uncommon and colorful 1857 map of New York City by Humphrey Phelps. The map covers Manhattan south of 131st street as well as adjacent parts of Brooklyn, Queens, Hoboken, and Jersey City. Individual streets are named as are many ... (more details)