Wyld USA

James Wyld.
Map of the United States of North America.
London, 1853. 240 x 300mm. Original colour.
£89
Map of the USA marking the railways and canals. Of interest is the statistical table lower right: less than a decade before the start of the Civil War they estimate a slave population of 2.5 million (and Florida a population of 60,000). There are added later pop additions:Texas, Oregon, Wisconsin. WYLD0012