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The District of Maine, 1814, engraved by John G. Warnicke.

The District of Maine, 1814, engraved by John G. Warnicke.
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Warnicke’s map was engraved for Carey’s General Atlas (Philadelphia, 1814), the first atlas made in the United States to employ color as standard on the maps—earlier editions of Carey’s atlases offered color as an option and for an additional cost.

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