Johnson's Georgia and Alabama

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Lithograph, hand-colored in outline by Johnson & Browning, published 1859 by New York. Image size: 395 by 560mm (15 by 22 inches). From Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas — the leading American atlas of the Civil War era. A.J. Johnson (Alvin Jewett Johnson, 1827–1884) launched his celebrated atlas series after acquiring Colton's plates in 1860, initially publishing as Johnson & Browning before reorganizing as Johnson & Ward in 1863. Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas became the dominant American commercial atlas of the Civil War era, offering detailed steel-engraved state and regional maps with vivid hand-applied outline coloring. These atlases were sold by subscription and reached a vast American audience, making them among the most widely distributed — and today most collectible — American maps of the 19th century. This antique map shows the southern states Georgia and Alabama. Inside the map are many place names, rivers, etc. The map has in the upper right and left corner insets, which show the Rice-Mill on Savannah River and the Tuscaloosa Observatory. In very good to excellent condition. Two minor brown spots, one within the image of the map.

Johnson & Browning – Johnson's Georgia and Alabama · Antique Map, Lithograph · 395 x 560mm · New York 1859