Item #62610 A New Map of Illinois with Its Proposed Canals, Roads & Distances from place to place along the Stage & Steam Boat Routes. Henry Schenck Tanner.

A New Map of Illinois with Its Proposed Canals, Roads & Distances from place to place along the Stage & Steam Boat Routes

Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1841. Map. Bright color map [43 cm x 35 cm] / [17 x 14"]. Bold and colorful. Plate 31 from "A New Universal Atlas." Near fine. Item #62610

A nice map of Illinois produced during the time that the Mormons were there. Nauvoo, Carthage, Warsaw, and Quincy are all located, along with Kinderhook (of the Kinderhook Plates hoax). Nicely hand tinted. Inset map of the Lead Region of Wisconsin and Illinois. A list of steamboat routes is printed in the left and right margins.

Price: $250.00

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