Lucas, Fielding Jr. “Vermont.”

Fielding Lucas Jr.  “Vermont.”

Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea., 1822.  12 x 9 1/2 (map); 16 5/8 x 20 1/4 (full sheet).  Engraving by Young & Delleker.  Original hand color.  Old separation at lower centerfold.  With attached list of Governors.  Very good condition.

In 1822, Henry Charles Carey and Isaac Lea published their A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas.  Carey and Lea illustrated the nations of the western hemisphere through maps that showed an expanding region with ample promise of developing into lands of great new opportunity and growth.  The sheets from this atlas, which cover North America, Central America, South America and the West Indies, are comprised of an engraved map surrounded by text documenting the history, climate, population and so forth of the area depicted.  The atlas is particularly known for its excellent early maps of the states and territories of the United States.  This map of Vermont is typical of his maps.  Overall, a nice verbal and graphic picture of the Green Mountain state.