Arrowsmith, Aaron & Lewis, Samuel

Maryland, Ohio and the Mississippi Territory sit beside China, Egypt and the kingdoms of Europe in the maps of Aaron Arrowsm...

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Maryland, Ohio and the Mississippi Territory sit beside China, Egypt and the kingdoms of Europe in the maps of Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis, whose names appear together on the New and Elegant General Atlas of 1812. Arrowsmith, the British geographer, lived from 1750 to 1823, and Lewis, an engraver and map-maker active in the United States, died in 1822. The sheets range across Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia, with separate maps of American states forming a detailed national component, and older territorial arrangements and exploration names survive throughout. Compact engraved sheets bring a common scale and style to places of very different political and geographical knowledge.

Maryland, Ohio and the Mississippi Territory sit beside China, Egypt and the kingdoms of Europe in the maps of Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis, whose names appear together on the New and Elegant General Atlas of 1812. Arrowsmith, the British geographer, lived from 1750 to 1823, and Lewis, an engraver and map-maker active in the United States, died in 1822. The sheets range across Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia, with separate maps of American states forming a detailed national component, and older territorial arrangements and exploration names survive throughout. Compact engraved sheets bring a common scale and style to places of very different political and geographical knowledge.

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