Carte Géographique, Statistique et Historique du district de Colombie.

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Copper Engraving, hand-colored in outline by Buchon, Jean Alexandre, published 1825 by J. Carez, Paris. Image size: 263 by 259mm (10 by 10 inches). A detailed map from Buchon's 1825 Atlas géographique, the French edition of Carey & Lea's celebrated American atlas. Jean Alexandre Buchon (1791–1846) was a French historian and geographer who produced the influential Atlas géographique, statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Amériques et des îles adjacentes (1825), published in Paris by J. Carez. This atlas was the French edition of the celebrated Carey & Lea atlas of the United States. Each map was surrounded by letterpress text describing the economic, political, geographical, and historical statistics of the depicted region in French, making it an extraordinary reference work for European readers at the dawn of the Americas' independence era. The maps were engraved in Paris to the highest standards of the day and remain important primary documents for the study of early 19th-century American geography as understood by European scholars. Fine engraved map of the 'District of Columbia' showing a plan of the city of Washington. One of the earliest obtainable maps of the District of Columbia, which was published in an atlas. The map shows the plan of Washington, D.C. with the Potomac River and the nearby city of Alexandria with the adjacenting borders to Maryland and Virginia. The map is surrounded by descriptive text on the District of Columbia, providing information on the climate, the rivers, cities and its history. A nice and decorative plan & map of Washington, D.C. In excellent condition.

Buchon, Jean Alexandre – Carte Géographique, Statistique et Historique du distri... · Antique Map, Copper Engraving · 263 x 259mm · J. Carez, Paris 1825