This map was first issued in Aaron Arrowsmith’s and Samuel
Lewis’ collaborative work published in Philadelphia in 1804.



Samuel Lewis was heavily involved in the production of the earliest atlas
published in the United States by Mathew Carey in 1795. He compiled and
supplied many of the very earliest maps of specific states present in that
work. Following this success, he embarked on his own publishing career. His
“New and Elegant General Atlas” comprised of 63 maps from all over the world
and was first issued in 1804 in Philadelphia. To ensure accuracy for the
mapping of lands outside the United States, Lewis obtained the collaboration of
Aaron Arrowsmith, who was regarded as one of the if not the foremost
cartographer of Great Britain during this period.



The example offered for sale is from the 1812 edition of the work published in
Boston by Thomas and Andrews.

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