A large hand-colored world map published in Philadelphia in 1817 on Mercator’s projection. It reflects early-19th-century geographic knowledge with pictorial relief, practical navigation guidance, and a statistical table—combining elegance with utility for contemporary readers.

Features / Details

• Date: 1817

• Projection: Mercator

• Place of Publication (original): Philadelphia

• Publishers (original): John Melish & Samuel Harrison

• Contributors (cartouche): H. Bridport (delineavit); G. Murray (sculpsit)

• Scale (original): ca. 1:33,000,000

• Relief: Shown pictorially

• Coloring: Hand colored

• Physical Format (original): Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing

• Additional Content: Text “To find the distance of one place from another” and a statistical table

• Map Type: World map

Source & Rights
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
You will receive a newly made, high-resolution fine-art print of this historical map (not the original artifact).