EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL 1845 ANTIQUE TANNER & FINLEY MAP OF WISCONSIN TERRITORY

DATED 1844 AT BOTTOM-PUBLISHED IN 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 WISCONSIN TERRITORY. EXTREMELY RARE, HAND-COLORED ORIGINAL MAP OF WISCONSIN TERRITORY WITH COUNTIES, TOWNSHIPS, WAGON ROADS AND WATERWAYS. MAP SHOWS VERY EARLY COUNTY CONFIGURATIONS WITH THE NORTHERN PART OF WISCONSIN DOMINATED BY ST CROIX, CRAWFORD AND BROWN COUNTIES AND A LARGE UNNAMED AREA(SHOWN IN PINK).RICHLAND COUNTY IS SHOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME. SETTLEMENTS AND TOWNSHIPS ARE PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTHERN PART AND UP TO GREEN BAY. WAGON ROADS ARE SHOWN IN VERY GOOD DETAIL. MAP WAS PUBLISHED SIX YEARS BEFORE THE FIRST RAILWAY STARTED OPERATING IN WISCONSIN. ALSO SHOWN ARE PARTS OF LAKES SUPERIOR AND MICHIGAN AND PART OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.

 THIS MAP IS THE RAREST ATLAS MAP OF WISCONSIN AND THE ONLY ONE FOR SALE. MAP IS BEAUTIFULLY HAND-COLORED AND VERY DETAILED.

MEASURES 14 X 12.25 INCHES ENTIRE SHEET

GOOD CONDITION, DISCOLORATION