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‘The Weekly Dispatch’ newspaper between the years 1856 and 1862 included in each edition a map of a part of the world. During this period a total of 118 maps were issued. The maps bear the distinctive sign of a half globe with the figure of Mercury above. The engravers varied but included John Dower and Edward Weller. In 1863 ‘The Dispatch Atlas’ was published which contained a series of English county maps. The two were combined in 1865 as ‘Cassell’s Complete Atlas’. This sheet contains two maps. The top map depicts the region of the Great Salt Lake and Lake Utah eastwards to Vernal and the Ashley Creek area (unnamed) with Fort Bridger in the north. The city of Salt Lake City is shown as is to the north Ogden. Fort Utah is displayed on the eastern shore of Lake Utah. The map below focuses on Salt Lake City and is in much greater detail. The grid layout of the city is clearly shown with plots laid out in the neighbourhood. The “Welsh Settlement” is named to the south west across the Jordan River. Beresiner pp. 85-7; refer Carroll no. 120.
WELLER, Edward

Map of the Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Country in the Territory of Utah/ The Great Salt Lake (Mormon) City and Surrounding Country

London, 1858
310 x 450 mm., with some early outline colour, good condition.
Stock number: 5263

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