[MAP] Johnson's New Hampshire and Vermont (c. 1860)

[MAP] Johnson's New Hampshire and Vermont (c. 1860)

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[MAP] Johnson's New Hampshire and Vermont. New York: Johnson & Browning, c. 1860. [10373] Large double-plate hand-colored map, 46 x 67.5 cm (18 x 26 3/4 inches), clean, suitable for framing. Will ship folded at center, as found. Removed from a bound volume, Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas. Very good. Map. This gorgeous map has vivid colors and show railroads, canals, common roads, cities and towns. It will look terrific framed and on your wall. 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 Richmond, Virginia and in New York City beginning in 1860. He and his partner Ross C. Browning (1822-1899) evidently purchased rights to Colton's maps, as they appear in the first Johnson's Family Atlas. Johnson updated his maps as cartography became more accurate, and Atlases during the 186

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