1865 "Johnson's Pennsylvania and New Jersey" Map by Johnson and Ward

Presented is an original 1865 "Johnson's Pennsylvania and New Jersey” map. This map was first published in 1864, but is seen here as page 31 and 32 in the 1865 edition of “Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas.” The map is engraved, with attractive hand coloring and a decorative strapwork border. The states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey are colored by county. The bordering states of New York, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware are not colored. The map is beautifully detailed, with rivers, railroads, roads, towns, and important geographical markers all identified. The map depicts the Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Bay, and Lake Erie.  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 pub