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Index of Images

1. Introduction

Conflicting Representations
of the Republic
 
2. Spaces of Independence:
Mapping the Union

3. Constitutional Spaces:
Mapping States
 
The Tension of
Spatial Representation

4. Early Republic Gazetteers and Atlases

5. Geographical Atlases

6. Manifest Destiny
and the Popular Mapping of Wars

7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

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Index of Images
(Alpha order)
 
 
4. W. B. Annin (American, d. 1829)
Gilman Joslin (American, 1804-ca.1886)
Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe,
Containing the Latest Discoveries

Engraving, hand-colored, 6" (15.25cm) diameter
Boston, 1868
Osher Collection
1. Introduction

 

5. W. B. Annin (American, d. 1829)
Gilman Joslin (American, 1804-ca. 1886)
Joslin's Six Inch Celestial Globe, From the best Authorities
Engraving, hand-colored, 6" (15.25cm) diameter
Boston, 1840
Osher Collection
1. Introduction

 

10. William Bicknell, Jr. (American, ca. 1804-1887)
The Constitution of the United States, with a Summary View of Each State in the Union
Letterpress and wood engravings transferred to lithograph, hand-colored, 76.5cm x 53.0cm
Hartford, ME, [1834]
Osher Collection
3. Constitutional Spaces:
Mapping States

 

33. For the Globe’s Naval Map. / The Boston Globe’s Map of the Atlantic Coast and Scenes of the Naval ManÉuvres
Letterpress, 51.0cm x 39.5cm (map)
From: The Boston Globe (4 April 1898): 4-5
Osher Collection
6. Manifest Destiny
and the Popular Mapping of Wars

 

34. War Maps of Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines
Colored lithograph, 24.0cm x 71.0cm
Supplement to The Sunday Boston Herald
(8 May 1898)
On loan from a private collection
6. Manifest Destiny
and the Popular Mapping of Wars

 

17. Abraham Bradley, Jr. (American, fl. 1796-1819)
Jedidiah Morse (American, 1761-1826)
Map of the Northern Part of the United States of America
Engraving, hand-colored, 22.0cm x 39.5cm
In: Jedidiah Morse, The American Gazetteer
(Boston: S. Hall and Thomas & Andrews, 1797), at "New England"
Smith Collection
4. Early Republic Gazetteers and Atlases

 

18. Abraham Bradley, Jr. (American, fl. 1796-1819)
Jedidiah Morse (American, 1761-1826)
Map of the Southern Parts of the United States of America
Engraving, 20.0cm x 38.0cm
In: Jedidiah Morse, The American Gazetteer (Boston: S. Hall and Thomas & Andrews, 1797), at “Southern States”
Osher Collection
4. Early Republic Gazetteers and Atlases

 

30. Joseph Goldsborough Bruff (American, fl. 1839-1863)
A Correct Map of the Seat of War in Mexico
Lithograph, 62cm x 47.5cm
New York: J. Disturnell, 1847
Smith Collection
6. Manifest Destiny
and the Popular Mapping of Wars

 

27. David H. Burr (American, 1803-1875)
Delaware and Mary-Land
Engraving, hand-colored, 27.0cm x 32.0cm
In: David H. Burr, A New Universal Atlas (New York: D. S. Stone, [1835]), [plate 41]
Osher Collection
5. Geographical Atlases

 

11. Osgood Carleton (American, 1742-1816)
Map of the District of Maine Massachusetts
Engraving, sectioned on linen, 135.0cm x 92.5cm
Boston: B. & J. Loring, 1802
Fleet Bank Collection
3. Constitutional Spaces:
Mapping States

 

14. Osgood Carleton (American, 1742-1816)
A Map of those parts of the Country most famous for being harrased by the Indians
Engraving, 52.0cm x 42.0cm
In: James Sullivan, The History of the District of Maine (Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1795), opp. title page
Osher Collection
3. Constitutional Spaces:
Mapping States

 

13. John Chace, Jr. (American, fl. 1854-1860)
Map of Kennebec Co. Maine
Engraving transferred to lithograph,
hand-colored, 142.5cm x 144.5cm
Philadelphia and Augusta, ME, 1856
OML Collections
3. Constitutional Spaces:
Mapping States

 

2. Carl Emil Doepler (German, 1824-1905)
Joseph Hutchins Colton (American, 1800-1893)
[Frontispiece]
Etching transferred to lithograph, 34.0cm x 28.0cm
From: Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas (New York: Johnson and Ward, 1865)
Osher Collection
1. Introduction

 

35. John Charles Frémont (American, 1813-1890)
Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the Years 1843-44
Engraving transferred to lithograph, hand-colored, 77.5cm x 129.5cm
From: J. C. Frémont, Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-’44  (Washington, DC: Gales and Seaton, 1845), insert.
Osher Collection
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

6. Samuel Lewis (American, ca. 1754-1822)
A New and correct Map of The United States of North America
Engraving, hand-colored,
170.0cm x 187.0cm
Philadelphia: Emmor Kimber, 1916
Osher Collection
2. Spaces of Independence:
Mapping the Union

 

20. Mathew Carey (Irish/American, 1760-1839)
[Title page]
Facsimile of letterpress, 38.0cm x 21.5cm (paper)
From: Carey’s American Atlas (Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1795)
Osher Collection
4. Early Republic Gazetteers and Atlases

 

22. Mathew Carey (Irish/American, 1760-1839)
The United States of America
Engraving, 24.5cm x 32.0cm
In: Carey’s American Pocket Atlas (Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1796), opp. 5
Smith Collection
4. Early Republic Gazetteers and Atlases

 

24. Carey & Lea (American company, 1822-after 1836)
Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Mexico
Letterpress and hand-colored engraving, 38.5cm x 37.5cm (map)
In: A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas (Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822), no. 38
Smith Collection
5. Geographical Atlases

 

26. Joseph Hutchins Colton (American, 1800-1893)
Delaware and Maryland
Engraving transferred to lithograph, hand-colored, 32.5cm x 41.0cm
In: Colton’s American Atlas (New York: J. H. Colton, [1857]), no. 22
Osher Collection
5. Geographical Atlases

 

21. Samuel Lewis (American, ca.1754-1822)
Mathew Carey (Irish/American, 1760-1839)
The State of Maryland, from the best Authorities
Engraving, 28.5cm x 42.0cm (paper)
From: Carey’s American Atlas (Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1795), [plate 12]
Smith Collection
4. Early Republic Gazetteers and Atlases

 

23.  Fielding Lucas, Jr. (American, 1781-1854)
United States
Engraving, hand-colored, 29.5cm x 48.5cm
In: A General Atlas Containing Distinct Maps Of all the known Countries in the World. Constructed from the Latest Authority (Baltimore: Fielding Lucas, Jr., [1823]), [plate 49]
Osher Collection
5. Geographical Atlases

 

25. Fielding Lucas, Jr. (American, 1781-1854)
Maryland
Engraving, hand-colored, 29.0cm x 50.0cm
In: United States Atlas (Baltimore: Fielding Lucas, Jr., [ca. 1823]), [plate 12]
Osher Collection
5. Geographical Atlases

 

12. John Brainard Mansfield (American, 1826-1888)
New Map of Maine
Lithograph, sectioned on linen, 111.0cm x 86.0cm
Bangor, ME 1855
Osher Collection
3. Constitutional Spaces:
Mapping States

 

7. John Melish (Scottish/American, 1771-1822)
Map of the United States with the contiguous British & Spanish Possessions
Engraving, hand-colored, sectioned on linen, 89.0cm x 145.5cm
Philadelphia, 1816
Osher Collection
2. Spaces of Independence:
Mapping the Union

 

15. Jedidiah Morse (Americah, 1761-1826)
A Map of the United States of America
Engraving, 14.0cm x 14.5cm
In: Jedidiah Morse, Elements of Geography
(Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1798), opp. 74
Osher Collection
4. Early Republic Gazetteers and Atlases

 

16. Jedidiah Morse (American, 1761-1826)
Map of North America Shewing all the New Discoveries
Engraving, 19.5cm x 22.5cm
In: Jedidiah Morse, The American Gazetteer,
3d edition (Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1810), opposite title page
Smith Collection
4. Early Republic Gazetteers and Atlases

 

19.  Jedidiah Morse (American, 1761-1826)
A Correct Map of the Georgia Western Territory.
Engraving, 18.0cm x 16.0cm
In: Jedidiah Morse, “Statement of the Claims upon the Georgia Western Territory,” in The American Gazetteer (Boston: S. Hall and Thomas & Andrews, 1797), unpaginated appendix
Osher Collection
4. Early Republic Gazetteers and Atlases

 

31. The United States in Black and White. The Geographical Position of the Loyal and Rebel States—The Rebel States are in Black
Letterpress with wood engraved map, 14.0cm x 23.5cm
In: The New York Herald (17 December 1861): 1
Osher Collection
6. Manifest Destiny
and the Popular Mapping of Wars

 

32. How the War Commenced, and how Near it is Ended.
Letterpress broadside with wood engraved map, 12.5cm x 29.5cm (map)
New York: National Union Executive Committee, [1864]
Osher Collection
6. Manifest Destiny
and the Popular Mapping of Wars

 

8. Phelps & Ensign (American company, fl. 1836-1850)
Phelps & Ensign's Travellers' Guide, and Map of the United States
Engraving transferred to lithograph, hand-colored, 64.0cm x 96.5cm
New York, 1841
Osher Collection
2. Spaces of Independence:
Mapping the Union

 

9. Phelps & Watson (American company, fl. 1860-1870)
Phelps & Watson's New Map of the United States
Steel and wood engravings transferred to lithograph, hand-colored, 94.0cm x 91.0cm
New York, 1860
Osher Collection
2. Spaces of Independence:
Mapping the Union

 

28. Henry Schenck Tanner (American, 1786-1858)
Virginia Maryland and Delaware
Engraving, hand-colored, 51.5cm x 72.5cm
In: A New American Atlas Containing Maps of the Several States of the North American Union (Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1823), [plate 15]
Osher Collection
5. Geographical Atlases

 

29. Henry Schenck Tanner (American, 1786-1858)
Virginia Maryland and Delaware
Engraving, hand-colored, 12.5cm x 15.5cm
In: A New Pocket Atlas of the United States, with the Roads and Distances, Designed for the Use of Travellers (Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1828), [plate 6]
OML Collections
5. Geographical Atlases

 

36. United States Coast Survey (Federal agency, first founded 1807)
Coast Survey Charts Published
Letterpress, 58.0cm x 20.5cm
Washington, DC, 1853
Found with: Sketches Accompanying the Annual Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, 1851, House Executive Document 26, 32d Congress, 2d session (Washington, DC, 1851).
Gift of Roger S. Baskes
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

37. United States Coast Survey (Federal agency, first founded 1807)
Sketch A. Illustrating the Progress of the Eastern Section of the Survey of the Coast in 1845
Engraving transferred to lithograph, 32.0cm x 27.0cm
In: Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, Communicating a Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey . . . 1845, Senate Document 13, 29th Congress, 1st session (Washington, DC, 1845), between 32 and 33.
Gift of Roger S. Baskes
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

38. United States Coast Survey (Federal agency, first founded 1807)
York River Harbor Maine
Lithograph, hand-colored, 32.5cm x 40.5cm
Washington, DC, 1854
OML Collections
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

40. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (federal agency, first founded 1807)
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (state agency, 1871-1879)
John Eugene Davies (American, 1839-1900)
Triangulation in Wisconsin to 1879, inclusive
Lithograph, 60.5cm x 73.0cm
From: T. C. Chamberlain et al., Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin (Madison, WI: Commissioners of Public Printing, [1877-1882]), plate 42
On loan from a private collection. Reproduced by permission.
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

41. United States Geological Survey (Federal agency, founded 1879)
Topographical Survey Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (state agency, 1884-1890)
[Title page]
From Atlas of Massachusetts From Topographical Surveys made in Co-operation by the United States Geological Survey and the Commissioners of the Commonwealth, 1884-1888, preliminary edition (Boston: Topographical Survey Commission, 1890)
Lithograph, 46.0cm x 35.5cm
Osher Collection
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

42. United States Geological Survey (Federal agency, founded 1879)
Topographical Survey Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (state agency, 1884-1890)
Index Map of the 54 Atlas Sheets of the Topographical Map of Massachusetts
From Atlas of Massachusetts From Topographical Surveys made in Co-operation by the United States Geological Survey and the Commissioners of the Commonwealth, 1884-1888, preliminary edition (Boston: Topographical Survey Commission, 1890)
Lithograph, 31.0cm x 49.5cm
Osher Collection
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

43. United States Geological Survey (Federal agency, founded 1879)
Topographical Survey Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (state agency, 1884-1890)
Sheet 7: Massachusetts–Vermont Hawley Sheet
From Atlas of Massachusetts From Topographical Surveys made in Co-operation by the United States Geological Survey and the Commissioners of the Commonwealth, 1884-1888, preliminary edition (Boston: Topographical Survey Commission, 1890)
Engravings transferred to colored lithograph, 48.0cm x 33.0cm
Osher Collection
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

44. United States Geological Survey (Federal agency, founded 1879)
Topographical Survey Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (state agency, 1884-1890)
Sheet 48: Massachusetts Barnstable Sheet
From Atlas of Massachusetts From Topographical Surveys made in Co-operation by the United States Geological Survey and the Commissioners of the Commonwealth, 1884-1888, preliminary edition (Boston: Topographical Survey Commission, 1890)
Engravings transferred to colored lithograph, 48.5cm x 33.0cm
Osher Collection
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

45. United States Geological Survey (Federal agency, founded 1879)
Maine Portland Quadrangle
Engravings transferred to color lithograph, 44.0cm x 3.0cm
Washington, DC 1916/1923
OML Collections
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

46. United States Geological Survey (Federal agency, founded 1879)
Maine Portland Quadrangle
Copper plate (cultural features, for printing in black), 53.5cm x 43.0cm
Washington, DC, 1916/1929
OML Collections
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

1. John Wallis (English., fl. 1780-1800)
The United States of America laid down
From the best Authorities, Agreeable to the Peace of 1783

Engraving, hand-colored, 46.0cm x 55.0cm
London, 1783
Osher Collection
1. Introduction

 

3. James Wilson (American, 1763-1855)
A New American Terrestrial Globe
Engraving, hand-colored, 13" (33cm) diameter
Bradford, VT, 1811
Osher Collection
1. Introduction

 

39. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (state agency, 1871-1879)
Thomas Crowder Chamberlain (American, 1843-1928)
General Geological Map of Wisconsin 1881
Colored lithograph, 70.5cm x 58.5cm
From: T. C. Chamberlain et al., Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin (Madison, WI: Commissioners of Public Printing, [1877-1882]), plate 1
On loan from a private collection. Reproduced by permission.
7. Governmental Mapping:
Topography, Coastal, Geological

 

 
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