EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL 1845 ANTIQUE TANNER & FINLEY MAP FLORIDA

DATE- 1845, NOT ON MAP

PUBLISHED BY- H.S. TANNER AND ANTHONY FINLEY

SOURCE-A NEW GENERAL ATLAS COMPRISING A SET OF MAPS REPRESENTING THE GRAND DIVISIONS OF THE GLOBE-TANNER'S GEOGRAPHICAL ESTABLISHMENT-NEW YORK-1845, TITLE PAGE SHOWN IN LAST PICTURE-NOT INCLUDED

ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 1845 MAP OF FLORIDA. EXTREMELY RARE, HAND-COLORED ORIGINAL MAP OF FLORIDA IN THE YEAR IT GAINED STATEHOOD WITH COUNTIES, TOWNSHIPS, RAILWAY ROUTE, EXISTING WAGON ROADS AND WATERWAYS. MANY OF THE COUNTIES SHOWN HAVE SINCE BEEN SPLIT INTO OTHER COUNTIES WITH THIS MAP PRE-DATING THE COUNTIES OF BROWARD, PUTNAM, LEVY, ORANGE AND SARASOTA AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS. THE WIMICO LINE RAILWAY WHICH RAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO THE APALACHICOLA RIVER IS THE ONLY EXISTING RAILWAY AT THE TIME. MAP HAS TWO CITY PLANS AT LOWER LEFT SIDE OF TALLAHASSEE AND PENSACOLA, SHOWN WITH STREET NAMES. THIS MAP IS THE RAREST ATLAS MAP OF FLORIDA AND THE ONLY ONE FOR SALE. MAP IS BEAUTIFULLY HAND-COLORED AND VERY DETAILED.

MEASURES 14 X 12.25 INCHES ENTIRE SHEET

GOOD CONDITION, MINOR DISCOLORATION