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MAP #: 346M4

CARTOGRAPHER : MEYER, JOSEPH [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1846

SHORT TITLE : NEUESTE KARTE VON MARYLAND UND DELAWARE

REMAINING TITLE & ID : MIT SEINEN CANAELEN, STRASSEN UND ENTFERNUNGEN DER HAUPTPUNKE. 1846. (ABOVE INSET MEASURING 13.1 X 16.3 CM., OF BALTIMORE). "MEYER'S-HANDATLAS" (LEFT TOP MARGIN). "No. 89" (RIGHT TOP MARGIN). "AUS DER GRAVIRANSTALT DES BIBLIOGRAPHISCHEN INSTITUTS ZU HILDBURGHAUSEN AMSTERDAM PARIS U, PHILADELPHIA." (CENTER BOTTOM MARGIN). TABLE OF STEAMBOAT ROUTE MILEAGE FROM BALTIMORE TO NORFOLK, BALTIMORE TO PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE TO WASHINGTON AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS (TABLE ORIENTED FROM EAST TO WEST AT THE TOP HALF OF THE MAP). TWELVE DIFFERENT SCALES ARE GIVEN IN THE TOP RIGHT HALF OF THE MAP. UNLIKE PRIOR STATES AND EDITIONS, THE MAP DOES NOT PROJECT THROUGH THE RIGHT AND LEFT LATITUDE BORDERS. A LARGE INSET MAP OF BALTIMORE IS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. THERE IS A TABLE IN THE LOWER LEFT OF THE INSET REFERENCING BUILDINGS AND POINTS OF INTEREST. THE TABLE IS IN ENGLISH, ALTHOUGH THE INSET TITLE IS IN GERMAN. THE MAIN MAP IS ALSO, EXCEPT FOR THE TITLE AND NOTES, MOSTLY IN ENGLISH. ALSO, UNLIKE EARLIER VERSIONS, LONGITUDE IS BOTH EAST AND WEST FROM WASHINGTON (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS) AND WEST FROM FERRO (TOP BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1846(1833)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : VARIOUS
PUBLISHER : JOSEPH MEYER
LANGUAGE(S) : GEEN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 30.1 X 37.2 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 1,150,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : INSET 1:34,200
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : G3840 1846 .N4
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-31
# 2 : MSA SC1399-18 (ED. 2 - STATE 2)
# 3 : MSA SC1399-223 (ED. 1 - STATE 1)
# 4 : MSA SC1399-16 (ED. 1 - STATE 2)
# 5 : MSA SC1399-17 (ED. 1 - 1842-3 STATE)
# 6 : MSA SC1399-14 (ED. 1 - 1846 STATE)
# 7 : MSA SC1399-13 (ED. 1 - 1847 STATE)
# 8 : MSA SC1399-15 (ED. 1 - 1850 STATE)
# 9 : MSA SC1399-22 (ED. 1 - 1850 STATE)
# 10 : MSA SC1399-185(REPRO) (ED. 1 - 1850 STATE)
# 11 : MSA SC1399-19 (ED. 1 - 1856 STATE)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : BB023-DHF
# 2 : G018-DIG (ED. 2 - STATE 2)
# 3 : BB023-3 (ED. 1 - STATE 1)
# 4 : G018-DIG (ED. 1 - STATE 2)
# 5 : G018-DFG (ED. 1 - 1842-3 STATE)
# 6 : G018-DGG (ED. 1 - 1846 STATE)
# 7 : G018-DGG (ED. 1 - 1847 STATE)
# 8 : G018-DGG (ED. 1 - 1850 STATE)
# 9 : BB023-DUD (ED. 1 - 1850 STATE)
# 10 : - (ED. 1 - 1850 STATE)
# 11 : BB023-2N (ED. 1 - 1856 STATE)
REGION CATEGORY : MAP ON WHICH THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA IS ONE MAIN FOCUS (1)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : CANAL MAP (21)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : WASHINGTON, D.C. AND FERRO (14)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 333T5, 336T5, 342T5, 344T5, 346M5, 346M6, 347M5, 350T5, 350T6, 351M5, 353T5, 356D5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : RISTOW'S AMERICAN MAPS AND MAPMAKERS IS BEST ON THE SERIES. NONE WAS FOUND ON THIS EDITION OF THE MAP.
DESCRIPTION : THIS IS STATE 1 OF THE SECOND EDITION OF A H.S. TANNER MAP BY A SIMILAR ENGLISH TITLE DONE IN 1833. THE ORIGINAL MAP WAS DONE TO MEET AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR ACCURATE MAPS THAT INCORPORATED THE RAPID IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN THE 1820-1840 PERIOD IN COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE ROAD SYSTEM WAS GREATLY EXPANDED AND CANAL AND RAILROAD BUILDING WERE UNDERWAY. THE MAP IN 1833 WAS FIRST ISSUED AS A SEPARATE THEN IN 1836 WAS INCLUDED IN H.S. TANNER'S A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS. THE FIRST EDITION WAS IN PUBLICATION IN VARIOUS STATES AND BY VARIOUS PUBLISHERS FROM 1836 TO 1859. IT WAS PRINTED FROM BOTH ENGRAVED COPPERPLATES AND, BEGINNING IN 1846, BY LITHOGRAPHY.

THE SECOND EDITION OF THE MAP, DESCRIBED HEREIN, WAS MAP # 89 IN MEYER'S HANDATLAS, AMSTERDAM, PARIS AND PHILADELPHIA: 1846. THE MAP IS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE FIRST EDITION, SO THAT IT DOES NOT PROJECT THROUGH THE RIGHT AND LEFT LATITUDE BORDERS, AS DID THE ORIGINAL. IN ADDITION, THE ADDED SIZE PERMITTED A FEW MORE PLACE NAMES AND ROADS TO BE INSERTED IN PENNSYLVANIA THAN WERE IN EDITION 1. THE TITLE, EXPLANATORY MATERIAL AND TABLES AND THE IMPRINT ARE ALL IN GERMAN, BUT MOST OF THE MAP IS IN ENGLISH. A LARGER SCALE IS SHOWN IN THE INSET OF THE GERMAN VERSION AND IT IS RELOCATED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE INSET, UNDER THE TITLE. THE WIDTH NO LONGER TAPERS IN AS IT GOES NORTH. LONGITUDE IS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. AND ALSO WEST FROM FERRO IN THE CANARY ISLANDS.

DATA IS FROM RISTOW, PHILLIPS AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE MANY COPIES OF THIS MAP SERIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS MAP IS KNOWN IN AT LEAST TWO EDITIONS, EACH WITH SEVERAL STATES. THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUANCES AND STATES OF THE MAP THAT IT IS CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE NOT LISTED ALL OF THEM.

ED. 1 - STATE 1 - (1833) - IT WAS IN THE FIRST FOLIO RELEASED IN 1833 OF A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS, PHILADELPHIA: H.S. TANNER, AS MAP # 12. IT WAS ALSO SOLD AS A SEPARATE. SEE MAP # 333T5.

- STATE 2 - (1836) - THIS STATE IS THE SAME AS THE FIRST STATE EXCEPT THAT "1836" IS SUBSTITUTED IN THE LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN IMPRINT. THE MAP WAS IN THE 1836 EDITION OF THE SAME ATLAS. SEE MAP # 336T5.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1841) - THIS IS PROBABLY A REISSUE OF STATE 2 IN A GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL VIEW OF THE CENTRAL OR MIDDLE UNITED STATES, PHILADELPHIA: H. S. TANNER, 1841, ON PAGE 295. WRITER HAS NOT SEEN THIS ISSUE AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE SURE OF ITS DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1841) - THIS STATE WAS IN THE SAME ATLAS AS THE OTHER 1841 STATE, PUBLISHED BY CAREY AND HART. WHETHER THE CAREY AND HART LEGEND REPLACES THAT OF H.S. TANNER IS UNKNOWN. THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY THE WRITER.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1842-3) - THIS STATE WAS CONTAINED IN A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS..., PHILADELPHIA: CAREY AND HART AS MAP # 12. THE IMPRINT READS "ENTERED...CONGRESS". "PUBLISHED BY CAREY & HART" IS IN THE BOTTOM CENTER MARGIN AND THE ENGRAVER AND PAGE NUMBER ARE UNCHANGED. SEE MAP # 342T5.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1844) - THIS STATE IS LIKE THE 1842-3 STATE EXCEPT THAT THE PAGE # IS NOW "15". IT WAS CONTAINED IN THE 1844 CAREY & HART EDITION OF A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS. SEE MAP # 344T5.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1846) - PHILLIPS NOTES AN 1844 DATE IN THE INSET. IT WAS PUBLISHED IN TANNER'S A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS, PHILADELPHIA: S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL. A COPY OF THIS STATE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY THE WRITER. SEE MAP # 346M5.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1846) - A DECORATIVE BORDER HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS MAP WAS REPRODUCED BY LITHOGRAPHY. THE MARGINAL WRITING WAS DROPPED EXCEPT FOR THE PAGE NUMBER "15". "ENTERED...1846 BY H. N. BURROUGHS..." IS PRINTED ON THE INSIDE BORDER STARTING EAST OF 1oW LONGITUDE. "PUBLISHED BY S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL,/N.E. CORNER OF MARKET & 7TH STREETS PHILADA., 1846" IS SUBSTITUTED AFTER THE TITLE. SEE MAP # 346M6.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1847) - THE BORDER IS CHANGED TO A SPIRAL SCROLL. "ENTERED..." IS REENGRAVED TO START TO THE WEST OF 1oW LONGITUDE. THE DATE FOLLOWING THE TITLE IS CHANGED TO 1847. THE BALTIMORE INSET REMAINS. SEE MAP # 347M5.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1850) - "ENTERED..." IS ELIMINATED. "PUBLISHED BY THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO./NO. 253 MARKET ST PHILADELPHIA" IS SUBSTITUTED BELOW THE TITLE. SEE MAP # 350T5.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1850) - THIS STATE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY RELVISED TO INCLUDE VIRGINIA DATA. A POPULATION TABLE NOW IS INSET. "PUBLISHED BY/THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO./ NO. 253 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA." AND A SCALE OF MILES IS BELOW THE TITLE. "ENTERED...1850 BY THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO...." HAS BEEN ADDED IN THE LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COPIES OF A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS SHOW THAT THE 1852 EDITION WAS THE FIRST TO CONTAIN THE POPULATION TABLE INSTEAD OF THE MAP OF BALTIMORE. SEE MAP # 350T6.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1853) - THIS STATE IS SIMILAR TO THE PRIOR STATE, WITH THE POPULATION TABLE, WITH A FEW MINOR EXCEPTIONS. "1853" HAS BEEN ADDED AFTER "PHILADELPHIA" BELOW THE TITLE. "GT. OAK MANOR 1658" AND "I.U.CH. 1672" IS ADDED. "ST. JAMES" NOW READS "ST. JAMES CH. 1710" IN KENT COUNTY. SEE MAP # 353T5.

- ANOTHER STATE - (1856) - AN ELABORATE BORDER HAS NO OUTSIDE NEAT LINE IN THIS STATE. THE IMPRINT NOW READS "ENTERED...1856 BY CHARLES DESILVER...". "PUBLISHED BY/CHARLES DESILVER/..." IS BELOW THE TITLE. SEE MAP # 356D5.

ED. 2 - STATE 1 - (1846) - THE TITLE IS CHANGED TO "NEUESTE KARTE VON MARYLAND UND DELAWARE MIT SEINEN CANAELEN, STRASSEN UND ENTFERNUNGEN DER HAUPTPUNKTE 1846." THE MAP IS 30 X 37 CM. "MEYER'S-HANDATLAS" IS IN THE LEFT TOP MARGIN AND "NO. 89" IS AT THE RIGHT TOP. THIS IS THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN.

- STATE 2 - (1851) - THIS STATE IS DATED 1851 AFTER THE TITLE. "MEYER'S-GROSSER ZEITUNG-ATLAS" AND "94" ARE IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT TOP MARGIN RESPECTIVELY. "CARROLL" (C.) AND "GRESHAMS HALL" IN KENT COUNTY ARE ADDED. SEE MAP # 351M5.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION AND FROM PHOTOCOPIES OF SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS THE FOLLOWING COPIES: ED. 1, STATE 1, WITH AN ACQ. # OF BB023-3 AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-223; STATE 2 WITH AN ACQ. # OF G018-DIG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-16; THE 1842-3 STATE WITH AN ACQ. # OF G018- DFG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-17; THE 1846 STATE WITH AN ACQ. # OF G018-DGG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-14; THE 1847 STATE WITH AN ACQ. # OF G018-DGG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-13; THE 1850 STATE WITH AN ACQ. # OF G018-DGG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-15; TWO COPIES OF THE 1850 STATE WITH AN ACQ. # OF BB023-DUD AND RESPECTIVE MDHR #S OF MSA SC1399-22 AND MSA SC1399-185(REPRO); THE 1856 STATE WITH AN ACQ. # OF BB023-2N AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-19; ED. 2, STATE 1, DESCRIBED HEREIN, WITH AN ACQ. # OF BB023-DHF AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-31; AND ED. 2, STATE 2 WITH AN ACQ. # OF G018-DIG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-18.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : RISTOW, WALTER W., AMERICAN MAPS AND MAPMAKERS COMMERCIAL CARTOGRAPHY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, DETROIT: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1985, 191-206; PAPENFUSE, EDWARD C. & JOSEPH M. COALE, III, ATLAS OF HISTORICAL MAPS OF MARYLAND 1608-1908, BALTIMORE: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1982, 70, FIG. 73 (ED. 1, STATE 2), FIG 82 (ED. 1, 1850 STATE); MATHEWS, EDWARD B., "BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY OF MARYLAND", IN MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY VOL. 1, PART IV, BALTIMORE: JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS, 1897, 365 (ED. 1, STATE 1); PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AMSTERDAM: THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM, LTD., 1971 REPRINT OF A 1909 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATION, I, # 774 (ED. 1, STATE 2), # 788 (1842-3 STATE), # 797 (1849 MITCHELL STATE), # 800 (1850 MITCHELL STATE), # 805 (1851 MITCHELL STATE), # 807 (1852 THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO. STATE), # 813 & 814 (1854 COWPERTHWAIT, DESILVER & BUTLER STATE), #823 (1857 C. DESILVER STATE), # 4336 (1856 C. DESILVER STATE), # 4340 (1858 C. DESILVER STATE).

March 1, 1993


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