1852 A New Map of the State of IowaBy: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. Date of Original: 1852 (published) Philadelphia Original Size: 13 x 16 inches (33 x 40. 5 cm) This is a fine print reproduction of Iowa, published by Thomas Cowperthwait and Co. out of Philadelphia in 1852 just under six years after Iowa was officially admitted into the Union. The map is color coded by county with towns, rivers, lakes, wagon roads, canals and railroads noted throughout. Much of the northwestern portion of

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The table in the top right provides distances to the country of Musashi and the various countries of Edo

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Centered on the Mediterranean and extending across Europe

Original Size: 30 x 40 inches (76

an elaborate compass rose that utilizes Latin directional headings and mountains that stylistically resemble those of Blaeu and Mercator

Bootlegger's Map of the United States

especially in its depiction of the Arctic and the Far East

a lighthearted scene unfolds with beachgoers and a totem pole

canoes and sea monsters

porpoises and other sea creatures representing the fishing industry

and the Balkan nations are marked by skulls