Johnson Wall Map World (1 results)

Very good. Full professional restoration. Some toning remains. Size 52 x 64.75 Inches. This is a magnificent 1860 wall map of the world issued by Jacob Monk and David Griffing Johnson. The map is subtitled 'illuminated' and is a lavish production, rich with detail and graphic content. A Closer Look It is centered on the Americas and extends west to Burma and east to the Bay of Bengal. The whole is surrounded by an elaborate decorative border showcasing Johnson's masterful engraving, featuring illustrations of Constantinople, Bombay, St. Petersburg, Paris, New York, Quebec, London, and New Orleans. Decorating the panels are portraits of Benjamin Franklin, Columbus, Robert Fulton, and George Washington. At the bottom, just to the left of the center, is a large vignette view of Havana. In the United States, note the ephemeral territorial configuration in the Transmississippi, with outsized Utah, New Mexico, Nebraska, Washington, and Oregon territories. The presumptive Territory of Arizona appears in southern New Mexico - a request was submitted to Congress to create this territory just before this map was made, but it was denied. Shortly thereafter, at the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Confederacy recognized it as a Confederate State. The tracks of significant voyages are noted throughout. In Africa, much of central Africa remains 'unexplored.' Some of the great lakes of the Rift Valley are beginning to take form, with ephemeral Lakes Victoria (Ukerewe) and Tanganyika (Uyiyi), based upon the 1858 voyages of Speke, recognizable. Curious Pitcairn's Island Annotation In the South Pacific, there is a curious note reading, 'Descendants of mutineers of ship Bounty removed from here from Pitcairns I. in 1856.' This refers to Norfolk Island, New Zealand, and mainland Australia, where, as a result of overcrowding on Pitcairn's Island, in 1856, all 194 Pitkerners immigrated to Norfolk Island. Later, in 1858, some 16 of these returned to Pitcairn, followed by a further 4 families in 1864. Publication History and Census This map was engraved by David Griffing Johnson and published in collaboration with Jacob Monk. Some have pointed out its resemblance to D. G. Johnson's 1847 world map, but this is an entirely separate publication, with no relation to the earlier work other than its author. This is the only collaboration we are aware of between D. G. Johnson and Monk. It is also Monk's only world map. The map is copyrighted to D. G. Johnson in 1859, but there appears to have been but one edition, 1860. Rare. We note no examples in the OCLC or in any institutional collections.