Map of the colonial United States before the Louisiana Purchase. Covering an area from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Superior. 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. [USA9992]