| Summary: | Shows U.S. and European possessions in the Americas. Relief shown by hachures. Includes 5 bar scales. Prime meridian: Ferro. A detailed map of the Americas. Color key below the title identifies the various colonial possessions such as territories belonging to the English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Danish and Russian Alaska and Labrador are marked as Unknown Land. Arctic discoveries include Mackenzie’s track. Carl Ferdinand Weiland (1782-1847) was an artist and engraver who began his career as an independent engraver working at the Weimar Geographisches Institut in 1812, a leading German map firm that set quality standards through much of the nineteenth century. Weiland became the Institut’s cartographic editor from 1816 or 1817 until his death in 1847. Under Weiland, who also produced many other forms of engravings including portraits, the Institut published many atlases. Weiland’s successor was Heinrich Kiepert, another notable German cartographic engraver. This map was purchased in commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the AGS Library at UW Milwaukee, 2008, with funds provided by Alan and Donna Kindt. Color 1:27,000,000
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