[MAP] Johnson's Map of the World on Mercator's Projection

[MAP] Johnson's Map of the World on Mercator's Projection. New York: Johnson & Browning, c. 1860. [10369] Large double-plate hand-colored map, 46 x 67.5 cm (18 x 26 3/4 inches), clean, suitable for framing. There are some edge-tears in the margins, which will be covered with a mat when you have it framed. We repaired one small tear at the bottom of the fold with archival materials. Will ship folded at center, as found. Removed from a bound volume, Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas. Good. Engraving. This stunning map shows the world as understood just before the American Civil War, with shipping lanes, explorer's routes, and principal cities marked out. The polar regions remain largely unexplored, and while coastal regions are full of information, the interiors of such places as Africa and Russia remain uncharted. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), b. Wallingford, Vermont; school teacher, for some years a book and map seller for J. H. Colton and Co. After some efforts at publish