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[WEILAND, Carl Ferdinand (1782-1847)
Geografische statistichen Atlas einingen amerikanischen Staaten in 45 Plattern von geografischen Institute en Weimar
Weimar: geografischen Institute en Weimar, 1824 - 1829]. Folio (21 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches). Mounted on guards throughout. 45 double-page hand-coloured engraved maps, each surrounded by letterpress text, without title as issued. Expertly bound to style in speckled half calf over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, spine in six compartments with wide semi-raised bands, the band flanked by gilt roll tooling.
A very rare German composite atlas of America, a complete set including several important early maps of the United States
From 1824 to 1829, C. F. Wieland was engaged in creating a series of maps of America for the Geographical Institute of Weimar. According to Phillips, the maps were "published separately," but were occasionally collected and bound as a composite atlas. No general title page was ever issued but these rare composites are now universally known by the title given above. Very few have the same collation, and even fewer have the 45 maps that, according to Phillips, constitute a complete set. The present atlas is exceptional in that it contains this maximum number: by way of comparison, the Library of Congress has an example with thirty maps.
The maps are frequently described as copies of Jean-Alexandre Buchon's 1825 French language versions of the maps from Carey & Lea's American Atlas (Philadelphia, 1822). However, as production began as early as 1824, we can assume that the Philadelphia edition was the true inspiration. Like its predecessors, each map is accompanied by detailed text explaining geographical and political aspects of the jurisdiction featured. A large number of the maps are original productions that are distinct improvements on both Carey & Lea's and Buchon's maps. These include the maps of Arkansas Territory, Michigan Territory, Florida, Missouri & Oregon Territories, Canada and the Polar Regions. Several of these have no parallel in the atlases of Carey & Lea or Buchon. Twenty-eight of the maps focus solely on locations within the United States of America.
The list of maps in this atlas includes:
1. Vermont, based on Carey & Lea
2. Tennessee, based on Carey & Lea
3. Arkansas Territory, this rare map is one of the first depicting Arkansas alone. Carey & Lea and Buchon had included a map of Arkansas Territory, based on Stephen Long's famous map. However, that map extended north to Canada and west to the Rocky Mountains, while this map focuses exclusively on Arkansas and neighboring Oklahoma. Arkansas is here divided into ten counties. The few existing towns are almost all located along the Arkansas River.
4. North Carolina, based on Carey & Lea
5. Pennsylvania, based on Carey & Lea
6. Ohio, based on Carey & Lea
7. Florida, a rare early map of the State of Florida. It is one of the finest maps in the atlas, and an entirely new map, with the coastline and interior detail for Florida completely redrawn. While Buchon had shown Florida divided into just two counties, this map shows seven. Among the additions is the new city of Jacksonville. Tampa Bay, which was called "Espiritu Santo" by Buchon is here named "Espiritu Santo oder Tampa Bay." The Florida Keys have been entirely redrawn, and there are many new roads in northern Florida.
8. Illinois, based on Carey & Lea, an early map that shows the northern two thirds of the state to be largely uninhabited.
9. New Hampshire, based on Carey & Lea
10. New Jersey, based on Carey & Lea
11. Indiana, based on Carey & Lea, an early map that shows the central and northern parts of the state to be largely uninhabited.
12. Kentucky, based on Carey & Lea
13. New York, based on Carey & Lea
14. Mississippi, based on Carey & Lea, still shows the northern two-thirds of the state to be inhabited by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.
15. Maryland, based on Carey & Lea
16. Michigan & Northwest Territory, an entirely new map, as the corresponding map in the Buchon atlas focused only on Michigan. This map extends westward to include present-day Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota, the "Northwest Territory," a vast and largely uninhabited realm extending to the Mississippi River and up to the Canadian border. The contour of Lake Michigan is more accurately drawn, and ten counties now appear in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Unlike Buchon's, this map shows the upper peninsula attached to the Northwest Territory.
17. Massachusetts, after Carey & Lea, but with different topography
18. Georgia, based on Carey & Lea, showing the northwestern portion of the state still occupied by the Cherokee Indians before their expulsion in 1828 by President Jackson.
19. Maine, based on Carey & Lea, an early map of this state that was admitted into the Union in 1820, is shown with exaggerated boundaries extending north of the St. John River, representing the extreme American claims in the unresolved boundary dispute with Great Britain.
20. Missouri, based on Carey & Lea, an early map that shows the western Ozark portion of the state to still be inhabited by the Osage Indians.
21. Delaware, based on Carey & Lea
22. South Carolina, based on Carey & Lea
23. Rhode Island, based on Carey & Lea
24. Virginia, closely adapted from the corresponding map in Buchon's atlas, shows what later became West Virginia as an integral part of the state.
25. District of Columbia, closely adapted from the map in Buchon's atlas, shows the District as complete, including Alexandria, which was not returned to Virginia until 1839.
26. Missouri and Oregon Territories, a rare early map of the American northwest. The map shows the newly formed territories of Oregon and Missouri, which occupied the watersheds of the Columbia and Missouri Rivers respectively, not in Carey & Lea.
27. British North America, is a general map of Canada, and an entirely different map than those that appeared in the atlases of Carey & Lea and Buchon. While those maps had concentrated on eastern Canada, this example extends all the way to the Pacific, with an abundance of new detail and information for western Canada and the Arctic regions. American territory extends northward so that it includes the entire watershed of the upper Columbia River.
28. The Northern Polar Regions, no map of the subject appeared in Carey & Lea's or Buchon's atlases, this map shows the northernmost regions and the central Arctic Archipelago to be totally unexplored.
29. Alabama, based on Carey & Lea
30. Connecticut, based on Carey & Lea
31. Windward Islands, depicting the chain of islands from Puerto Rico to Grenada, not in Carey & Lea.
32. Leeward Islands, shows the islands off the coast of Venezuela from Aruba to Trinidad, (not in Carey & Lea, who had a different interpretation of the definition of the "Leeward Islands")
33. Chile, shows a country much smaller than the modern Chile, before the settlement of its Patagonian territories and the conquest of its northern provinces, similar to Carey & Lea, but with different topography.
34. Brazil, not in Carey & Lea
35. Colombia, is shown as a unified state embracing Colombia, Equador and Venezuela, similar to Carey & Lea, but with different topography.
36. Cuba & The Bahamas, similar to Carey & Lea, but here with the Cuban provinces outlined.
37. Guatemala, is shown as a unified state embracing all of the central American countries north of Panama, not in Carey & Lea
38. Haiti, is depicted with the entire island of Hispaniola, similar to Carey & Lea, but with different topography.
39. Jamaica, similar to Carey & Lea, but with different topography.
40. Peru, similar to Carey & Lea, but with different topography.
41. Patagonia, an entirely new map, as no map of Patagonia appeared in Carey & Lea's or Buchon's atlases.
42. La Plata, a new map depicts the regions within the basin of the River Plate, not in Carey & Lea
43. United Provinces of South America, map depicts northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, when they were briefly united into one nation after their collective independence, similar to Carey & Lea, but with different topography.
44. Guyana, not in Carey & Lea
45. Mexico, includes the states of New Mexico and Texas, based on Carey & Lea.
Espenhorst A Guide to German Handatlases P1225, 1.6.3; Phillips Atlases 1225; Tooley Dictionary of Mapmakers (1979 ed.) p.658
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