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Author: Johnson and Ward
Title: Johnson's California, Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah
Place: New York
Publisher: Johnson & Ward
Date: [c.1862]
Item # : 145115
Sale Number   332
Lot Number   405
Sale Name    
Americana - Travel - Exploration - Maritime; Maps & Atlases
Sale Date   05/25/2006
Price realized   $ 184
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Description:
Lithographed map, hand-colored. 40.2x59 cm. (15¾x23¼"), plus margins and area of New Mexico extending into the decorative border.
Nevada has its lower corner truncated, leaving Las Vegas in Arizona; several counties still extend through both Arizona and New Mexico; the Pony Express route is shown, as are those of various explorers; "U.S. Mail Route" boldly lettered in Southern California; Colorado Gold Mines named; Proposed Atlantic & Pacific R.R. line, etc.
Condition:
Occasional slight foxing, light soiling, else near fine or better with nice coloring.
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