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Johnson's Italy.

1866 Johnson Map of Italy

A beautiful example of A. J. Johnson’s 1866 map of Italy. Johnson first introduced this map in his 1863 atlas and it represents a substantial re-engraving of his original two part plate. Johnson's reconsideration of his Italy map was most likely related to Italy's unification in the 1860s. No longer a collection of independent states, Italy now needed to be represented as a cohesive whole. In order to accommodate this Johnson reorients his map to the northwest, allowing the boot to fill a single vertical page while leaving space to fully depict Sardinia and Corsica. In the lower right quadrant there is a inset map of Malta. Throughout, Johnson identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. Features the fretwork style border common to Johnson’s atlas work from 1864 to 1869. Published by A. J. Johnson and Ward as plate numbers 88 and 89 in the 1866 edition of Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas.

Date
1863–1866
Place
Italy
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
atlas page
Original size
3,609 × 5,000 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

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"Johnson's Italy." (1863–1866). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1866_Johnson_Map_of_Italy_-_Geographicus_-_Italy-johnson-1866.jpg

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