Produced when common accurate knowledge of determining longitude was still emerging as a science and could regularly result in the loss of a ship during a voyage due to being unable to obtain it accurately while sailing
(Architectural drawings with color hand applied by artist when drawing was rendered)
Interior contents display light to moderate age spotting
inoffensive wear along extremities
13 tipped in albumen photographs
Minnesota Counties Twin Cities Mille Lacs Lake Superior Mississippi 1883 map Civil War Produced when common accurate knowledgeMinnesota. (North America, United States, Midwest, Minnesota, Twin Cities, Mississippi River). Issued 1883, Philadelphia by O. W. Gray for Steadman & Brown. Late 19th century antique color lithographed map. Well preserved, nice looking example with pleasing age patina. Original center fold as issued. Sheet Measures c. 17 1 4" x 28". Engraved Area Measures c. 16" x 26 1 4". Cartographic Reference(s): Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 4. [R23718].