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Carey's American Pocket Atlas . . . Second Edition, Greatly Improved and Enlarged.
Philadelphia: Printed by H. Sweitzer for Matthew Carey, 1801. Octavo (8x4 ¾ inches, 203x120 mm). 19 engraved folding maps (10 hand-colored), 2 folding tables. Contemporary sheep. Condition: Foxing and browning, heavy toning at outer margins of the title, lacks the front free endpaper, rear endpaper torn; covers detached, worn. Provenance : H. Belknap (contemporary signature on title). the second edition of the first american pocket atlas, containing updated text and maps from the very rare first edition of 1796. Includes a general map of the United States (with the vast region west of the Mississippi identified as Louisiana) and maps of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the Northwest Territory, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia. The same maps appeared in the first edition, but have here been updated with additional roads and place names. The handcoloring on the maps is from an early date, but is somewhat crude. The first folding table provides census data from each state and territory, including the numbers of slaves, with the exception of Tennessee, whose returns had not yet been received by Carey. The other table lists the value of exports from each state between 1791 and 1800. Howes C137; Phillips, Atlases 1172; Sabin 10856; Wheat & Brun 131 (note).