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Connecticut.

  • ARTIST: Mathew Carey

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1796-1801.

  • EDITION SIZE: 5 5/8 x 7 1/2" (143 x 192 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: This fine map appeared in "Carey's American Pocket Atlas" first issued in 1796. This impression has many of the early roads depicted which according to Wheat & Brun make this the second state, issued in 1801. Engraved by W. Barker.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for traces of old water stain in the upper left. Black & white.

  • REFERENCE: Wheat & Brun: 286.

  • CATEGORIES: Maps