1865 "Johnson's New York" Map by Johnson and Ward

Presented is an original 1865 "Johnson's New York" map. This map was issued as page 27 and 28 in the 1865 edition of “Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas.” The map is engraved, with attractive hand coloring by county and a decorative fleur de lis border. The map is beautifully detailed, with rivers, roads, towns, and important geographical markers all identified. The map has seven inset maps along the border. From top left to bottom right, they are "Oswego," "Buffalo," "Rochester," "Syracuse," "Albany," "Troy," and the "Vicinity of New York." This 1865 Johnson and Ward publication of “Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas” was written by Richard Swainson Fisher, M.D. Fisher was also the author of "Colton's General Atlas of the World," "The Gazetteer of the United States," and a past editor of the Journal of American Geographical and Statistical Society. The publishing company of Johnson and Ward was a successor to Johnson and Browning, themselves a succe