Northwestern University Framing Option:Unframed ” The map is among
Baker’s notes & crumb story
Description
” The map is among the first to acknowledge the existence of the Americas and to include all of Africa
it contained many new regional maps based on contemporary knowledge "unlike many of the alleged 'new' maps produced by earlier editors
Charles (1874-1965)
On several occasions
used by subsequent historians to this date as a primary source for the history of New France and for the ethnography of the North American Indians" (DANB)
Northwestern University Framing Option:Unframed ” The map is amongRichard Rummell Northwestern University Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 9 1 2 x 13 3 4 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were