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8:37am on Thursday, 11th January, 2024:
Anecdote
I bought two new 1869 maps of Europe recently. They're about the same size (US letter — 11 inches by 8½ inches) and probably came out of school geography books. Both of them were published in the United States, as indeed were many of the maps in my collection. I don't know why this is the case, but it may be something to do with the US's having either a greater supply of school books or a greater tendency to dismantle them so the maps can be sold off separately.
Anyway, this one is by Mitchell. The colouring, with prominent reds and greens, is similar to what other map-publishers of the period use (when not in monochrome). The yellow is nice — often, red and green are the only colours used. Note that they're very strict about what counts as Europe, with only the part of Turkey in Europe dignified with colour and Iceland left uncoloured.
There's a bit of water damage or something on the left edge, but other than that the map is in good condition. I'm very pleased with it.
Although it's several years since I added to my map collection, my wife still thinks I make acquisitions far too often and wants to know when I'll stop. That's easy: when I have them all!
I'll show you the other map that I bought tomorrow. How's that for suspense?
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