Chapman's Wisconsin A Sectional Map with the Most Recent Surveys.

Lithographed folding pocket map, hand colored in outline, 55 x 77 cm (21" x 30 1/4"), cloth covers (5 1/2" x 3 1/2"), paper cover label. Cloth covers and paper label worn, with some stains, some splits at folds, including a long split extending in from right margin, some minor margin chips, normal aging; otherwise about very good. Silas Chapman (1813-1899) was born in Massachusetts, and would become a prominent midwestern map publisher. His firm was very active during the 1850-1870 period publishing many wall and pocket maps of midwestern locations. This map is a colorful sample of an early map of Wisconsin, which was originally published in 1853. The map was published about seven years after Wisconsin became a state, and it essentially features about two thirds of what is currently Wisconsin. On this map the most northern county is Polk. The Northern part of the sate is not shown. geographicus website.