YOUNG, James Hamilton (1792 - c. 1870).
Map of the United States by J. H. Young.
Engraved map with original hand color.
Philadelphia, S. Augustus Mitchell, 1831.
Approx. 44" x 37" sheet, 56" x 50" framed.

This is one of the earliest steel-engraved maps created in the United States, a process favored by James H. Young. The commercial success of this map propelled his business to a position of dominance in American map making. It also signaled the beginning of the long alliance between Mitchell and the brilliant engraver Young, whose aesthetic sense and precision are beautifully showcased here. Mitchell and Young began making maps at the start of grand national expansion, following the expeditions of Lewis and Clark, Pike, and others; their path finding stimulated an interest in the West and thus created a strong market for maps and guidebooks.

References: Ristow, p. 309; Rumsey #2723.