Gaskell, Charles A. "Map of the United States"

“Map of the United States.”  From Gaskell’s Atlas of the World.  Chicago: Gaskell, 1889. 11 ¼ x 16 5/8.  Cerograph map with original printed color.  Centerfold creases and four small holes from binding thread.  Else, very good condition. Charles A. Gaskell arrived in Chicago in the early 1880s, commencing a career as an author, publisher and book distributor. This atlas map (with a map of Maine and one of US Territorial Growth on the reverse)  is a good example of the quality of American mapmaking at the time.  Done by cerography, or wax engraving, the map is filled with precise, clear and copious details.