This decorative map is a fine example of Henry Tanner, one of America's finest cartographers. It was taken from Tanner's Universal Atlas.

The original map is 10 5/8" x 9 1/4" but this reprint was slightly modified to accommodate our archival page protectors.

Henry Schenck Tanner is considered one of America's greatest cartographers of the first part of the nineteenth century.

Henry was born in New York City in 1786. He moved to Philadelphia in 1810 to join his older brother, Benjamin, who was an established engraver trained by Peter Maverick, one of New York City's earliest engravers.

Henry worked as Benjamin's apprentice and engraved for John Melish, one of Philadelphia's earliest cartographers.

In 1816, Henry and Benjamin, joined with John Vallance and Frances Kearny to form the engraving firm of Tanner, Vallence, Kearny and Co.

Henry may have conceived the idea of creating an American Atlas when he worked for Melish. The work was begun in 1819 by the firm of Tanner, Vallence, Kearny and Co. but Henry eventually took over the project.

The first "edition" of Henry Tanner's American Atlas was published in five folios between 1819 and 1823. The first 1819 folio contained no North American maps. The first North American maps appeared in the second folio, which was released in late 1819.

The American Atlas was considered to be "one of the most magnificent atlases ever published of the United States" and was a huge success.

His success inspired Tanner to produce his Universal Atlas. This atlas contained excellent maps of each state, focusing on the transportation network, including roads, railroads and canals. All details are clearly presented, and these include towns, rivers, mountains, political boundaries and the transportation information.

In 1841 Carey and Hart issued an edition of the Tanner Universal Atlas, and later the maps were purchased by Samuel Augustus Mitchell and then Thomas Cowperthwait and Co.

Tanner died in 1856.

This beautifully hand colored map of the Minor States of Germany was published by George Philip and Son in London around 1869.

It was slightly modified in size to accommodate our 11" x 14" mylar archival sleeve protectors.

This beautiful map comes from George F. Cram's Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World, published in 1886.

THE GEORGE F. CRAM COMPANY, INC.

George Franklin Cram was born on May 28, 1842 and served in the Civil War including Sherman's "march to the sea".

On March 18, 1867 Cram and his uncle, Rufus Blanchard, founded the company of Blanchard & Cram in Evanston, Illinois. The company manufactured and sold maps and atlases.

In March, 1869 George formed the George F. Cram Company and moved the company to Chicago. His company was a supply house for traveling book salesmen.

In October, 1871 After the great Chicago fire, the George F. Cram Company was rebuilt

and renamed the Cram Map Depot, which sold maps and atlases.

In 1875 the company started to publish a wide variety of atlases, including the popular Unrivaled Atlas of the World series, which was continuously in print from the 1880's to 1952

In May, 1921 George F. Cram retired and sold his company to one of its largest customers, E.A. Peterson of the National Map Company. The companies were combined at 32 East Georgia Street in Indianapolis.

The National Map Company was started in 1882 and was previously named the Scarborough Company and located in Boston.

George F. Cram died on March 24, 1928, but his company is still in business in Indianapolis.

This very detailed map shows the Kingdom of Prussia. Bornholm and Helgoland are also shown. It was published by William McKenzie of London, Edinburgh and Glasgow sometime between 1880 and 1890. The date was established through correlation of the dates for the work of the publisher, artist and/or engraver.

The original size of the map is 12 1/2' x 9 2/3" but this reprint was modified in size to accommodate our 11" x 14" archival page protectors.

This beautifully detailed map is taken from the 1904 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana, published by the Americana Company.

It has been modified in size to accommodate our 11" x 14" archival mylar sheet protectors.