[MAP] Johnson's Europe (c. 1861)

[MAP] Johnson's Europe. New York: Johnson and Browning, c. 1861. [10390] Large double-plate hand-colored map, 46 x 67.5 cm (18 x 26 3/4 inches), suitable for framing. There is a one inch repair at the bottom margin of the fold from the back side and reinforced about six inches on the back side. There are a few small black spots/blemishes. Will ship folded at center, as found. Removed from a bound volume, Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas. Good.  This map shows roads, rivers, counties, and locales. The countries and districts are hand-painted in colors. It looks very different from today. The routes of explorers with the date of exploration are marked out in the seas. The Johnson and Browning imprint dates this map between 1860 and 1862.  Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), b. Wallingford, Vermont; school teacher, for some years a book and map seller for J. H. Colton and Co. After some efforts at publishing his own maps, Johnson found success with his Family Atlas, publishing them in