MANIFEST DESTINY, FIRST EDITION, FOURTH ISSUE. 885 x 1440 mm., copper engraved map on six sheets, laid on contemporary linen, edged in silk, cut and dissected, early outline colour, marbled endpapers, in good condition. If ever a map could be labelled as the progenitor of 'Manifest Destiny', this is it. One of the first to depict the full east-west extension of the present-day USA foreseeing the inevitable reach of the country to the west coast. It is hard to think of another nineteenth century map of America that had such influence. At this time most maps of America relied on the accurate information provided by the London firm of Aaron Arrowsmith. However, the accuracy was largely limited to the territory east of the Mississippi. This was the perceived western boundary in the minds of most Americans. This example is of the first edition, fourth (third published) state of twenty-five cited by Walter Ristow. The first edition refers to those published in 1816 and bearing that date. There were seven states in all before the next 'edition' dated 1818, the first of which survives in one known example at the Library of Congress, is deemed a 'proof'. The alterations for this state according to Ristow study were both in Ohio. The addition of the town of Adelphi and a new trail from Athens to Chillicothe. Ristow calls it "A significant milestone in the history of American commercial cartography." The map was originally intended to extend westwards to the Rocky Mountains only. At the last minute Melish decided to add two smaller plates to extend the map fully to the Pacific Ocean. As he states in his 'Geographical Description' published in the same year, this was done so that one may see "at a glance the whole extent of the United States territory from sea to sea". He goes on to say that editions of moderate size only are prepared, so as to afford frequent opportunities of bringing forward new matter. The map is printed off 100 at a time, and before a new hundred be printed, the plates are carefully revised, and if there be room for corrections or improvements, these are made accordingly."John Melish (1771� "1822) was one of the fledgling countries first specialist publishers focusing on geographical works. Born in Scotland his first visit to America occurred in 1806. He liked it so much he returned in 1809. His travels were published in 1812 and included eight high quality maps. The War of 1812 encouraged him to publish "A Military and Topographical Atlas of the United States".One of the more questionable borders of the period was that with Canada in the Northwest. In fact, two are depicted here, one engraved at one latitude, the other veering off along various rivers in present day Canada before returning to the parallel. The most important information in this region for Melish to incorporate was of course that from the Lewis and Clark expedition. "Lewis and Clark's trail is well set forth on this remarkable map" (Wheat).The Southwest includes detail from the explorations of Zebulon Pike and Alexandre von Humboldt, the whole being synthesized with great care. In the south he drew upon William Darby's large-scale map of Louisiana which Melish had published the same year. This large map encouraged Thomas Jefferson to state on 31 December 1816 that it offered "a luminous view of the comparative possessions of different powers in our America". He went on to offer advice on the true border of Louisiana, a territory that he had bought from France for the United States. It was the western extent of its boundary which was the source of Jefferson's comment. The inevitable land rush which occurred following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 led to the United States and Spain entering negotiations to settle the matter. The result was the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819. It was to the Melish map that the parties turned to draw the border. Melish had drawn on the personal surveys of Darby along the Sabine River which became the agreed boundary. One error.

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Map of the United States with the Contiguous British & Spanish Possessions Compiled from the Latest & Best Authorities by John Melish Engraved by J. Vallance & H.S. Tanner

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John Melish, Philadelphia

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6181

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No binding

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1� Edici�n

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Very Good

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Founded by the late Clive A. Burden in 1966, the company is one of the longest established dealers in antique maps, atlases, books and rare decorative prints. All items offered are fine original examples. Areas of particular focus are the British Isles and North America. Our stock dates from incunabula (pre-1500) to the late 1800s. We also carry decorative prints including botanical, bird, other natural history, architecture, in addition to Vanity Fair caricatures. Books include atlases, illustrated, and colour plate works. Philip D. Burden joined his father in the business in 1979. His interests included the British Isles and North America. He wrote and published in 1996 and 2007 the definitive two volume treatise entitled ?The Mapping of North America?. This was the first work to list all known printed maps relating to North America up to the year 1700. Each fully described and illustrated. Clive A. Burden Ltd. is a member of the following organisations: the ABA (Antiquarian Bookdealers Association), ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), and IMCoS (International Map Collector?s Society).

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