(New York – New York) A New Yorker’s Idea of the United States Antique Maps Great study of native distribution

Great study of native distribution and culture

Wisconsin & Iowa

and done with a lot of color

Sketch Map Prepared by Calhoun in 1849 Suggesting Localities for Indian Agencies

(New York – New York) A New Yorker’s Idea of the United States Antique Maps Great study of native distribution(New York New York) A New Yorkers Idea of the United States of America It seems like a common, comic approach today, but this map by Wallingford is one that helped start the whole genre of whimsical perspectival maps. Beginning as early as the late 1920's he hit on a funny style that caught on quickly. This gem for the NYC urbanite shows a jumbled funny map of the states with a radically distorted NYC, Brooklyn and Staten Island. Condition is good