Historic Maps
1846 “Pictorial View of the World. - 1846” Hand-Colored Broadside / Poster Map Published by H. Phelps, New York
1846-Dated, Hand-Colored Printed Broadside / Poster, “Pictorial View of the World. - 1846” With a Map of the World, Showing a List of “Distinguished Men.” Published by H. Phelps, New York, Framed, Very Fine.
This original highly Decorative Broadside Poster includes a Double-Hemisphere Map of the World, measures 27.75” x 21” (by sight), professionally framed under glass to an overall size of 30.25” x 23.75” housed within a decorative, inner gilt lined wooden frame. It includes a section titled; “Extent and Population of the World, including Heights of Mountains and Length of Rivers.” This section is broken-down into 4 areas, America, (N. America and S. America), Europe, Asia and Africa. Each continent presented with an engraved woodblock pictorial figure and theme. A list of “Distinguished Men” begins in 4000 BC with Adam and concludes with Andrew Jackson. Also included are lists titled; “Chronology of the World, Important Inventions, Discoveries, Battles, etc.”, “Population of the Principal Cities in the World.” and much more. Minor damp stain spot at the right central border column. Rare, historic and colorful this 1846 American Broadside Print is framed and ready for display.