World Map by A J Johnson Vintage Map Fine Art Print Antique Rare Maps 20x30

  

20 1/8 x 30 Inch Open Edition Fine Art Giclee Print on High-Quality Art Canvas. This item will come to you fully stretched, museum wrapped, with black sides ready to hang with or without additional framing. On both canvas and paper in various sizes.

Johnson's fine 1862 map of the world on Mercator's Projection. Depicts the entire world centered on North and South America. Offers a fascinating snapshot of the world during a period of rapid globalization and discovery. Africa is largely "unexplored" and both Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika have yet to appear. The Antarctic continent is shown only sketchily, representing the relatively primitive state of Antarctic exploration in 1862.

Shows the path of important explorers including Cook and Wilkes. Features the strapwork style border common to Johnson's atlas work from 1860 to 1863. Johnson and Ward for publication as plates no. 6 and 7 in the 1862 edition of the New Illustrated Atlasn. This item is in the category "Art\Art Prints".

The seller is "fasgallery" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Width (Inches): 30
• Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.

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• Production Technique: Giclee Print
• Edition Size: open edition
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Subject: Reproduction of a Vintage Map
• Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
• Framed/Unframed: Unframed
• Material: Giclee & Iris
• Height (Inches): 21 1/8
• Print Surface: Canvas
• Print Type: Giclee & Iris Print
• Date of Creation: Original was done in 1862
• Artist: A. Johnson
• Original/Licensed Reprint: Open Edition Print
• Edition Type: Open Edition
• Style: Realism
• Color: Multi-Color
• Signed: Unsigned
• Theme: Art
• Type: Print
• Original/Reproduction: Artwork Reproduction