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Title: A Map of The United States, Mexico, Central America, California, Oregon, New Mexico, W. Indies, &c. With the Boundaries of the several States, Railroads, Canals, &c. Author: Tanner, Henry Schenck Place: New York Publisher: H.S. Tanner Date: 1853 Description: Lithographed map, hand-colored. 74.5x107 (29¼x42") plus decorative border; backed with linen, sectioned for folding. Large map of the United States, the southern half of Canada, Mexico and Central America with the West Indies. There are plans of five cities at the left side of the map (Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Boston and New York), an engraving of Niagara Falls with a beaver in foreground, and a pictorial title cartouche. The southwest boundary between the United States and Mexico is in its pre-Gadsden configuration. Warren Heckrotte notes that "The map is from the same plate as his 1822 map of North America, with additions and remapping in the far west. The decorative title cartouche is taken from Tanner's Map of the United States, 1829 and later issues. There is another decorative cartouche of Niagara Falls... and is a portion of the cartouche that appears on his 1822 map of North America, but about half the size. No scale is given but is about 110 miles to the inch... The city maps come from Tanner's Map of the United States, 1829 and later; New York City, Philadelphia and Boston are updated from the 1829 issue. A handsome map much like Colton's map of similar scale, though not in geographical details. Rare. There is an 1851 issue..." The date of 1853 on the present map is pasted on, apparently over the 1851 date. Provenance: Schoyers, 11/05 References: None found, nor for the 1851 issue noted above. Not in Library of Congress; nor in major private collections. This is late for a Tanner map. Ristow, American Maps and Mapmakers devotes a chapter to Tanner. He cites an 1847 Tanner. The latest Tanner map I find in the literature is his Map of the United States of Mexico, New York, 1850 (first issued in 1825), listed in W-GR 176. There is a world map by Tanner dated 1853, but with a Philadelphia imprint, so I assume not issued by him (Waverly Auc, 3/1/02: A New Map of the World on the Globular Projection, Philadelphia 1853, 12 x 16 inches). Lot Amendments Condition: Some minor foxing and light soiling, very good. Item number: 265964