(Americas) America Novelties Image size is 11 x

Image size is 11 x 14

This map for France shows Ancient France as thought of as the early 19th century

this map shows the first substantial views of the coastal outline of present day Alaska

It was with the arrival of a few miners getting off the boat from Alaska with bags of gold in San Francisco that the Klondyke Gold Rush began in July of 1897

Condition is very good save for an old repaired tear that reaches into the image from the middle left

(Americas) America Novelties Image size is 11 xAmerica A beautiful and crisp engraving of the western hemisphere with some interesting notations. While immediately the pronounced Island of California catches the eye, and the distorted and misplaced Mississippi river is recognizable, it's the Pacific Northwest coast stretching into Alaska that can make an impression. While the map was done prior to Cook and numerous Russian expeditions, the outline is recognizable. Certainly the detail is