{"product_id":"the-heckrotte-copy-of-arrowsmith-s-map-of-north-america-1795-1811","title":"THE HECKROTTE COPY of Arrowsmith's map of North America 1795 (1811)","description":"\u003cp\u003eARROWSMITH, Aaron (1750–1823).\u003cbr\u003eA Map Exhibiting all the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America Inscribed by Permission to the Honorable Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudsons Bay In testimony of their liberal Communications to their most Obedient and very Humble Servant A. Arrowsmith Hydrographer to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.\u003cbr\u003eEngraved map with original hand color.\u003cbr\u003eLondon: Aaron Arrowsmith, (January 1st, 1795. Additions to) 1811.\u003cbr\u003e50” x 58”, dissected into 24 sections and laid down and linen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStained in parts. Red library-stamp of John Hughes of Armagh verso. Armorial bookplate of the Right Reverend Nathaniel S. Thomas, S.T.D. verso.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE HECKROTTE COPY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAaron Arrowsmith (1750–1823), the preeminent mapmaker of the Regency era, drew on the rich archives of Hudson’s Bay Company in London in order to produce highly precise map of the northeastern part of North America. Although Lewis and Clark had by this point published their findings — and, indeed, the 1802 edition of this map is the likeliest to have been used in the planning of their expedition, since Jefferson owned a copy of it — the present item (Heckrotte’s state 7) does not include their findings from their westward voyage. Elsewhere, however, Arrowsmith drew on the best material available: Fidler’s 1792 and Vancouver’s 1798 surveys of the Northwest, and Mackenzie’s arctic exploration in 1789.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis issue records significant changes to the Canadian waterways, when compared to the earlier versions, although the American West has been largely unchanged since the first issue of 1795. It is not until the next issue, of 1814, that momentous changes are recorded in the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis particular copy passed through important hands. John Hughes of Armagh is difficult to fix, but Nathaniel Seymour Thomas (1867–1937) was (Episcopal) Bishop of the Diocese of Wyoming 1909–1927. Born in Minnesota, he was educated at the University of Cambridge before being ordained in Kansas. Westward expansion was clearly an interest to the bishop; a copy of Belshaw’s Journey from Indiana to Oregon owned by him is at the Beinecke at Yale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarren Heckrotte (1922–2019) was a prolific collector as well as a real scholar, principally of nuclear physics, but equally prominently of maps. His sale, from which the present item was purchased (PBA, 29 October 2015, lot 106), was a landmark in the current century. Indeed, he provided an important reference for this map, and so it is particularly valuable to have his provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStevens and Tree 48 (f); Wheat 231; Heckrotte TMC 39 -6\/87; Tooley MCC 68, #138.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"aradernyc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46328511430700,"sku":null,"price":28000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1156\/7956\/files\/93.jpg?v=1791083304","url":"https:\/\/aradernyc.com\/products\/the-heckrotte-copy-of-arrowsmith-s-map-of-north-america-1795-1811","provider":"Arader Galleries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}