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A rare early American produced WALL MAP. Amos Lay (c.1765-1851) was geographer and map publisher from Albany, New York. He produced his first maps around 1801, and made a number of maps of New York State to 1826. In 1822 Lay re-issued Osgood Carleton’s 1801 map of Massachusetts. This large detailed map of the United States is offered here in its FIRST STATE issued in New York, 1827. The map extends westward to the Plains and TEXAS, further west than many maps of the period. It records the new states of Maine ratified in 1820 and Missouri in 1821. However it does not yet record the Indian and Arkansas Territories laid out in the 1830s. An inset lower right displays the Florida peninsula.
The map drawn on the large scale of about 30 miles to the inch is of particular note in recording the fledgling settlement of Stephen F. Austin in Texas, granted by the newly independent Mexican Government in April 1823. Streeter states that this printed map is the first to depict Austin’s colony in Texas preceded only by the Fiorenzo Galli map published in 1826 in Mexico of which only one example survives. ‘Austin’s Settlement’ is placed incorrectly on the east bank of the Colorado. It is presumed that this relates to San Felipe de Austin. The mythical ‘Presidio of Nacogdoches’ from Humboldt is also depicted as is the actual Nacogdoches to the north. The fourth named feature in Texas is ‘St. Lewis Bay’ placed erroneously at the mouth of the Brazos River. The map also depicts a number of routes of early explorers west of the Mississippi
The map was drawn by O. H. Throop using Washington as the prime meridian and engraved by him, one D. S. Throop and William Chapin of New York. It was printed by J. H. M Bowen. There is an 1829 issue which is largely unchanged, an 1830 and an 1832. The 1832 has been amended in Texas with information from Stephen F. Austin’s great map of 1830. The last known issue appears to be in 1836. The title is set within a decorated area to the right of the map underneath a fine American eagle below which can be found a statistical table of the United States. Rumsey 5170 (1832 edition); Streeter Texas 10948; Tooley’s Dictionary (1999-2004).
The map drawn on the large scale of about 30 miles to the inch is of particular note in recording the fledgling settlement of Stephen F. Austin in Texas, granted by the newly independent Mexican Government in April 1823. Streeter states that this printed map is the first to depict Austin’s colony in Texas preceded only by the Fiorenzo Galli map published in 1826 in Mexico of which only one example survives. ‘Austin’s Settlement’ is placed incorrectly on the east bank of the Colorado. It is presumed that this relates to San Felipe de Austin. The mythical ‘Presidio of Nacogdoches’ from Humboldt is also depicted as is the actual Nacogdoches to the north. The fourth named feature in Texas is ‘St. Lewis Bay’ placed erroneously at the mouth of the Brazos River. The map also depicts a number of routes of early explorers west of the Mississippi
The map was drawn by O. H. Throop using Washington as the prime meridian and engraved by him, one D. S. Throop and William Chapin of New York. It was printed by J. H. M Bowen. There is an 1829 issue which is largely unchanged, an 1830 and an 1832. The 1832 has been amended in Texas with information from Stephen F. Austin’s great map of 1830. The last known issue appears to be in 1836. The title is set within a decorated area to the right of the map underneath a fine American eagle below which can be found a statistical table of the United States. Rumsey 5170 (1832 edition); Streeter Texas 10948; Tooley’s Dictionary (1999-2004).
LAY, Amos
Lay's Map of the United States Compiled from the Latest and Best Authorities and Actual Surveys
New York, 1827
1320 x 1600 mm. Rebacked on modern linen, in good condition overall.
Stock number: 3391
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