The source of these charming miniature maps is "The Geographical Annual for 1834' It is the second edition of a Family Cabinet Atlas published by Carey, Lea and Blanchard in Philadelphia. The atlas is the American edition of the British Starling atlas. All maps & plans are 3.75 x 4.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) in the horizontal format and the reverse in the vertical. They are on a 4.25 x 7.0 inch page). Each is an original hand-colored engraving on heavy paper. The Country maps come with a Gazetteer page as well. Though these are small, they are loaded with detail, including numerous place names and, on many, an index of major subdivisions ( provinces , departments and the like). A quite scarce atlas and beautiful maps

A very large Colombia at this point, stretching from a northern border with "Guatimala" to 5 degrees below the equator and including most of Ecuador (indeed Quito is shown in Colombia) and all of today's Venezuela ( called here the region of Caracas). In this version, Colombia has cities and ports on both Ocean . Were it still in this configuration, it would be a powerful state. Index lower left cites 12 Departments. Great topographic details of the Andes and Amazon Basin

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