North Western America Showing the Territory Ceded by Russia to the United States. (Alaska)

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• ARTIST: Samuel Augustus Mitchell

• MEDIUM: Engraving, hand colored,

  DATE: c. 1885

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 1/2 x 15" (29.2 x 38.1 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: After S. Augustus Mitchell. This map illustrates the boundary between the United States and Russia following the Alaska Purchase of 1867, when the United States acquired the vast Alaskan territory from the Russian Empire for $7.2 million. The engraving highlights the Aleutian Islands, the Alaskan mainland, and extends eastward into northwestern Canada as far south as Vancouver Island.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 12.5 x 15.5 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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• CATEGORIES: Maps