Historic Map : Black Map of The United States, 1844, Vintage Wall Art

This is a fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1844 map of the United States. It covers the populous eastern portions of the United States from Lake Superior in the north to the Florida Keys in the south and from Missouri in the west to Maine in the east. Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers, lakes, roadways and an assortment of additional topographical details with relief shown by hachure. The United States at this time was witnessing a period of rapid expansion. With the rise in territorial population to the west of the Mississippi, the eastern states were becoming increasingly divided over the issues of slavery and state vs. federal sovereignty. These tensions would grow over the next twenty years culminating in the American Civil War. The map was engraved by Sidney Hall and issued as plate nos. in xLVII and in xLVIII in the 1844 edition of Black's General Atlas.