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| Keywords: 1862 Johnson Map of Michigan and Wisconsin - Geographicus - MIWI-johnson-1862.jpg A beautiful example of A J Johnson ™s 1862 map of Michigan and Wisconsin This rare map offers a fascinating snapshot of these two states shortly following the outbreak of the American Civil War Map shows both states in full with color coding according to county Excellent Great Lakes detail showing Lake Michigan in full with parts of Lake Superior and Lake Huron Extends south as far as Chicago Features the strapwork style border common to Johnson ™s atlas work from 1860 to 1863 Published by A J Johnson and Ward as plate numbers 49 and 50 in the 1862 edition of Johnson ™s New Illustrated Family Atlas This is the first edition of the Johnson ™s Atlas to bear the Johnson Ward imprint 1862 undated Size in 24 5 17 5 object history credit line accession number s Geographical Statistical and Historical </i> 1862 A J Johnson Ward edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Alvin Jewett Johnson 1862 maps Old maps of Michigan Old maps of Wisconsin | ||||
