Single sheet
1868 · Philadelphia
by Beers, D.G.
Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. Single sheet. Delaware. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet. B1-100. Two-page map of Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware. Map scale 45 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 14-15), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers. He and his brother, Silas, operated in Philadelphia, the center of atlas publication in the United States, until 1868, when he moved to New York City. Beers and his family produced detailed maps of many Northeastern states, cities, (truncated)