Asia According to the best Authorities CAREY, Mathew 19TH CENTURY,ASIA,CHINA,KOREA,MAP

Map. Engraving. Uncolored. Image measures 13" x 14" Plate 19 from Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography improved. A highly detailed map extending from Constantinople to the Mariana Islands. Includes the Sea of Korea, Paracel islands, and other small island groups. Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher, bookseller, and economist, as well as one the most important figures of early American cartography. Carey was based in Philadelphia, where he apprenticed for Benjamin Franklin before establishing his own book shop and publishing firm. He is credited with publishing the first American atlases, producing some of the best quality maps and most informative depictions of the United States in the early period after it gained independence.