Wyld’s New Map of the Southern States of North America [With The Forts, Harbours & Miltary Positions]
London : James Wyld, 457 Strand, (next door to the Post Office) 11&19 Charing Cross, S.W. and 2, Royal Exchange City, E.C. [1862]. Second Edition [date taken from LC]
Folding map in 36 sections (17x11cm) laid down on linen and enclosed in the publisher’s cloth boards, printed paper label on front board and spine, 3cm split at head of spine Overall size 69x103cm, a good copy.
A map of the Confederate States showing in colour the “Dividing Line between the Free & Slave-holding States” as well as the military positions and published at the height of the Civil War. The Library of Congress copy may be accessed online here:-
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3860.cw0036500
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