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| Keywords: 1850 Tallis - Rapkin Map of the United States - Geographicus - USA-tlls-1850.jpg This is a fascinating 1850 map of the United States Covers the United States from Texas shown at fullest extant and Santa Fe north through the Missouri Territory to Canada and east to the Atlantic The Trans-Mississippi region is exceptionally interesting with a fascinating if somewhat inaccurate even ate the time depiction of the political geography A long Narrow Nebraska territory extends to Canada There is a large Western Territory roughly where Oklahoma is today New Mexico Territory is alternatively called Santa Fe territory Missouri Territory occupies the full region west of Nebraska Texas shown with interesting detail but lacks the Panhandle - a error common to European maps of Texas from this period Washington and Franklin medallions decorate the right and left borders Decorative vignettes depicts a Buffalo Hunt Penn ™s Treaty with the Indians and the Washington Monument The whole has the highly decorative presentation and elaborate border distinctive of Tallis maps Undated but published by the John Tallis Company London New York in 1850-1852 1850 Size in 12 8 5 object history credit line accession number USA-tlls-1850 Geographicus-source PD-art Old maps of the United States Washington Monument Baltimore 1850 maps Maps by John Tallis John Rapkin Portraits of George Washington Engravings of Benjamin Franklin Symbols of New York Symbols of the United States Engravings of hunting Buffalo hunt William Penn Penn's Treaty Maps in English Maps of the indigenous peoples of North America | ||||
