West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-06-15
One Made in I645 and the Other Seven
ty-Five Years Ago.

ty-Fivs Years Ago.
From the Hartford Post, May p.
A map of the ULited States, copy
righted Nov. s, 1913, and discovered
in Wethersfeld garnet by Alexan-
derM. Green, utterly absorbs the re
Elective citizen, who, by its strange
contour, can quite easily trace the
prOdigious territorial increase of his
beloved land since that time. Flor
ida (but not coded by Spain till
IS19-six years after the maps
making) and Louisiana had but a
few years before the date of the print
been brought by US. They were yet
undivided, save by East and West
Florida and by Orleans Territory.
Alabama Was still with Mississippi,
but the Muscle Shoals doomed up
then as they loom up now. No dot
marks where Chicago was destined
to stand Illinois Was an ill-defned
Territory; so was Indiana. Ohio
had its Connecticut reserve with
familiar repetition of Connecticut
town names. Where Wisconsin and
Iowa now are was broad sweep of
Northwest Territory. Much of the
land was UNEMPLOYED, and across it
west and south on the map are print
ed the strange names ofIndian tribe
who rested by the rivers and slept
or hunted in the mountains. Inone
locality of bountifnl Pennsylvania
is noted "Great plenty of coal Of the
finest quality and " coal mine"
is indicated in Indian Territory.
Illinois, too, is in some parts thus
noted: sin the Illinois is plenty of
fish, especially cat, carp, and perch
of an enormous size. On the banks
OF the Illinois are abundance of wild
grapes. In 1863 the French plant
ersmade Ito barrels ofstrong wines
In Orleans, settlements and beauti
full meadows" are mentioned, per-
haps the home of the Aeadians;
above, in Louisiana, are natural
meadows" and "ferruginous earth"
with that now queer sounding sim
mense herds of deer and buffalo"
Connecticut towns in map nomen-
clature are about as now. The
ocean is given up to illustrations Of
the many victorious (and two un-
successfully naval engagements with
British war vessels in the war Of
1912. The left and right hand mar
gins of the map are devoted to trac-
ing post road distances from Pas
samaq doddy Bay TO St. Mary's, Fla,
(l,O72 miles, and from Albany to
various points; Montreal, (239, New
York, (361, Niagara, (3l5, Detroit,
1894 and some other stations west.
The creation is entitled IAN improv-
ed map of the United States by Shell
ton & Kensett," but the place of pub
LEGATION is not mentioned.
One of the most valuable and in
teresting accessiOns of the MinnesO-
Ia Historical Society is an ancient
work on geography in three volumes,
which has inst been received from
the Hon. c. ID. Gillian. The work,
which is printed in Latin and bound
in parchment, is entitled 'Theatrum
Cribs Terrarum, siye Atlas Novus,"
literal translation OF which may
be given as "A view of the lands of
the globe, or new atlas. 1t was
printed at Amsterdam in 1915, and
is the work Of famous geOgrapher
Of that time, Joannes Blaey. The
ATLAS NoVus" abOunds in maps, all
beautifully cOlored by hand and fire.
quently surrounded by emblematic
devices, scenes in the history of the
country represented, &c. Unknown
regions of the globe are populated
by hOrrid monsters of the map max
er's vivid Imagination. On many of
the maps also are represented in col
ors the animals of the region. For
example, on the plate representing
''New England" what is now Con
necticut is occupied by two sickly
rabbits. Western New York is Civ
en- up to deer, and on the st. Law
renee River, CT "Magnus Fluvius
Now Belge," as the atlas calls it. a
couple Nf pelicans stand gazing at
each other in mute admiration.
North America, says the geograph-
er, ais divided into New F. ance, New
Spain. Virginia, Florida, NJw Gra-
NADIA. and California, which a,e in
habited by copper-colored barOa-
rians of horrid MEN," One can get
little idea of the amount of labor re-
quired for the production of the
work. Beside the historical value
of the, it has a considerable intrin-
sic worth, having cost Senator Gil
filian the sum of 800 marks in Ores
den, Germany.
A OIrEST,ION T,E uEATTIT