Nice example of Anthony Finley's map of South Carolina from Finley's atlas.
The map is hand colored by counties and shows towns, roads, rivers, mountains and other geographical features. Early county configurations.
Anthony Finley (1784-1836) was an American map publisher. Little is known about his life. He is presumed to have been born in Philadelphia, where he also died. A publisher, Finley was also involved in several Philadelphia civic and professional societies such as the Philadelphia Apprentices’ Library. He may have been in business as early as 1809 and his first publication dates from ca. 1811.
His first maps also date from this year, with two maps in Daniel Edward Clarke’s Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The first atlas published by Finley appeared in 1818, the Atlas classica, or, Select maps of ancient geography, both sacred and profane, for the use of colleges and schools in the United States. He is best known for his A New General Atlas Comprising a Complete Set of Maps (1824), which was a bestseller. There were two editions in 1824, with annual editions until 1834.
Finley was part of the first generation of American publishers who produced high quality, precise maps on American soil. He was in competition with other Philadelphia publishers, for example Henry S. Tanner. Finley’s A New American Atlas Designed Principally to Illustrate the Geography of the United States of America (1826) closely mirrors Tanner’s A New American Atlas Containing Maps of the Several States of the North American Union, with similar groupings of maps; the main difference is the smaller scale of Finley’s maps. Finley printed two editions of this atlas.
Mfano mzuri wa ramani ya Anthony Finley ya South Carolina kutoka kwa atlas ya Finley. Ramani hiyo imechorwa kwa mkono kulingana na kaunti na inaonyesha miji, barabara, mito, milima na sehemu nyingine za kijiografia. Mapambano ya mapema ya kaunti. Anthony Finley (1784 - 1836) alikuwa mchapishaji wa ramani wa Marekani. Ni mambo machache yanayojulikana kuhusu maisha yake. Inadhaniwa kwamba alizaliwa huko Philadelphia, ambako pia alikufa. Mchapishaji, Finley pia alihusika katika jamii kadhaa za kiraia na kitaaluma za Philadelphia kama vile Maktaba ya Philadelphia Apprentices. Inawezekana alikuwa katika biashara mapema kama 1809 na kuchapishwa kwake kwanza tarehe kutoka ca. 1811 - Mwaka wa Kwanza wa Ulimwengu Ramani zake za kwanza pia ni za mwaka huu, na ramani mbili katika Daniel Edward Clarke's Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Atlas ya kwanza iliyochapishwa na Finley ilitolewa mwaka 1818, Atlas Classica, au, Chagua ramani za jiografia ya kale, takatifu na isiyo ya kidini, kwa matumizi ya vyuo vikuu na shule nchini Marekani. "Alichapisha kitabu chake cha kwanza, ""A New General Atlas Comprising a Complete Set of Maps"" (1824), ambacho kilikuwa kitabu kilichouzwa sana." Ilikuwa na matoleo mawili ya kila mwaka hadi mwaka wa 1834. Finley alikuwa mmoja wa kizazi cha kwanza cha wachapishaji wa Marekani ambao walitokeza ramani zenye ubora wa juu na sahihi katika nchi ya Marekani. Alikuwa katika ushindani na wachapishaji wengine wa Philadelphia, kwa mfano Henry S. Tanner. A New American Atlas Designed Principally to Illustrate the Geography of the United States of America (A New American Atlas Designed Principally to Illustrate the Geography of the United States of America) ni kitabu cha kwanza cha Tanner, ambacho kilikuwa na ramani za majimbo kadhaa ya Umoja wa Amerika Kaskazini. Finley alichapisha matoleo mawili ya atlas hiyo.