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Alvin Jewett Johnson: Johnson’s Map of Pennsylvania Virginia Delaware and Maryland   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Alvin Jewett Johnson  (1827–1884)  wikidata:Q18507750
 
Alternative names
A. J. Johnson
Description American publisher and cartographer
Date of birth/death 23 September 1827 Edit this at Wikidata 22 April 1884 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Wallingford Brooklyn
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New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q18507750
Title
Johnson’s Map of Pennsylvania Virginia Delaware and Maryland
Description
English: This magnificent 1863 hand colored map of the Middle Atlantic states, including Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland, was published by American mapmaker A. J. Johnson. A beautiful and historically important map, this is the first edition of the Johnson’s map to depict a partitioned Virginia. Map also includes three beautiful woodcut vignettes: the University of Virginia, Richmond, and Fort Monroe.
Date 1863 (undated)
Dimensions height: 18 in (45.7 cm); width: 25 in (63.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,18U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,25U218593
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Geographicus link: PAWAVAMDDE-j-62
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Johnson, A. J., Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical. (1863 A. J. Johnson & Ward edition)

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