c 1857 NEW JERSEY and EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA - Morse & Gaston

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“NEW JERSEY and EASTERN PENSYLVANIA” New York: Charles W. Morse and Samuel N. Gaston, 1857.  Original wax-engraved map, with original hand color from The Diamond Atlas. (Image: 6 1/2 x 5”) 

This map depicts New Jersey & eastern Pennsylvania with the counties named and in contrasting colors. Topographical features are shown, and major cities, towns, islands, mountains and railroads are located.  It is very detailed for its miniature size (20 miles per inch).

The wax-engraving method was developed by Sidney E. Morse (brother of Samuel F. B. Morse - inventor of the telegraph).  Wax engraving was “a major techno-logical breakthrough that greatly influenced American commercial map and atlas production in the U.S.” (Schwartz: Mapping of America, p. 265). This map is an early example of the process.

This map is presented in an archival mat (12 x 11").

  • Inventory# M-12917
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