Description: A rare and early antique map of "Lower Canada" published in "Tanner's Universal Atlas" (see below) in Philadelphia (Carey & Hart) between 1841 and 1843. The 1845 edition of the atlas changed the title to "Canada East formerly Lower Canada". Inset map of "Nova Scotia New Brunswick &c" Original hand wash coloring to the individual counties. Good condition with minor tear to bottom edge well clear of the map Page size 17 x 14 inches This is an original antique map guaranteed to be of the period described and not a later reproduction Henry Schenck Tanner : One of Melish's key collaborators, the engraver Henry Schenck Tanner, would prove to be a successor of sorts. One of the most important mapmakers and publishers to appear during the Golden Age of American cartography that lasted through the 1820s and 30s, Tanner made his mark with the influential New American Atlas (1823), the final plates of which were distributed less than a year after Melish's death. Highly praised in its time, this landmark atlas established a new standard in American commercial cartography. What set the New American Atlas apart from its competition were its maps detailing the states. Even though all the states but Florida and New York appear in groups, these state maps provided an unprecedented level of detail, delineating topography, towns and cities, roads, canals, and more. Tanner believed his customer base was more interested in seeing their home country in vivid detail than they were in maps of places in the eastern hemisphere. He also insisted on revising the maps whenever new data became available. But rather than forcing customers to shell out another $30 for an updated atlas, Tanner issued these new sheets separately, at a low cost, in color schemes that matched the original atlas. Customers could then amend their old atlases by adding these inexpensive new sheets. Despite its innovations and critical success, the New American Atlas sold below Tanner's expectations. Publication of the atlas would cease by 1839. But by then Tanner had conceived of a smaller, cheaper atlas, which evolved into A New Universal Atlas, first published in 1836. According to Manasek, Griggs & Griggs, "For nearly a quarter century, the New Universal Atlas was the predominant American atlas." The atlas would be published until 1860 by a number of different publishers including Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co., and Cushings and Bailey. Much of Tanner's subsequent work consisted of revised editions of previous works and publications focused more on the written word than cartography. In 1843 Tanner moved his lucrative company from Philadelphia, then the city for those in the cartographic publishing industry, to New York, likely to avoid switching from engraving to the relatively new manner of reproduction, lithography. Lithography had been around for nearly fifty years at this point in time, but many publishers were slow to adopt the technique because it required large, unwieldy stones. Once the lithographic stones were replaced with zinc printing plates circa 1845, lithography overtook engraving as the main technique of map reproduction. It is somewhat ironic that when the forward-thinking mapmaker died in Brooklyn in May 1858, he was lagging behind the times. Henry Schenck TannerFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchThis article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Henry Schenck Tanner" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)Henry Schenck Tanner (1786–1858), was an American cartographer, born in New York City.Part of Tanner's 1822 map of North America, depicting the Pacific coast with fictive rivers that were assumed to exist at that time.He produced A Geographical and Statistical Account of the Epidemic Cholera from its Commencement in India to its Entrance into the United States[1] in 1832 in response to the worldwide cholera epidemic of 1817.Tanner wished to provide a geographic account of the spread of the disease, stating that other statistics concerning the epidemic were "given in such a loose and unconnected manner as to render a reference to them at once irksome and unprofitable." His publication included global, national and local maps, data tables showing number of deaths in different localities by country, and detailed maps of the United States and New York City with small red dots indicating points where the disease had broken out.Tanner produced a map of Mexico in 1822, which became the basis for the map by John Disturnell in 1847, used in the boundary negotiations of the U.S. and Mexico following the Mexican–American War. Tanner's map contained some errors, reproduced by Disturnell.[2][3]In 1846, Tanner published A New Universal Atlas.[4]
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