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Antique World Map 1826 — Tanner, Terra Veteribus Nota

Name: Antique World Map 1826 — Tanner, Terra Veteribus Nota
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SKU: LOC96675605
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An antique map of the ancient world, Philadelphia, 1826

Terra Veteribus Nota – the earth as known to the ancients – is one of the sixteen maps of Henry Schenck Tanner’s Atlas of Ancient Geography, published by H.S. Tanner in Philadelphia in 1826. Its title page says the maps were “selected from the most approved works” to elucidate the writings of the ancient authors, “both sacred and profane”, and the Library of Congress record divides the atlas into Geographia sacra, Geographia ecclesiastica and Geographia antiqua.

The title in the upper right corner of the sheet: Terra Veteribus Nota. The names on the map are in Latin too; the imprint below the border is in English. — The title in the upper right corner of the sheet: *Terra Veteribus Nota.* The names on the map are in Latin too; the imprint below the border is in English.

The Connecticut Historical Society describes Tanner (1786–1858) as a prominent draughtsman, engraver and publisher of maps, active in Philadelphia in the first half of the 19th century. The David Rumsey Map Collection lists his address on the title page as No. 177 Chesnut Street.

Below the bottom border, the imprint Published by H. S. Tanner Philadelphia. Above it, the border is marked in degrees of longitude – here 50, 60 and 70. — Below the bottom border, the imprint *Published by H. S. Tanner Philadelphia.* Above it, the border is marked in degrees of longitude – here 50, 60 and 70.

What the Rumsey description notes

The David Rumsey Map Collection describes its copy of this map as follows:

Lettering in Latin.
Engraved.
Districts outlined in color tint.
Relief shown by modified hachures.
Four scales.
A prime meridian through the Fortunate Isles – the Canary Islands.

The four scales in the lower right corner of the sheet: Milliaria Romana, Stadia Olympica, Parasangæ Persicæ and Milliaria Britannia propria – Roman miles, Olympic stadia, Persian parasangs and British miles. — The four scales in the lower right corner of the sheet: *Milliaria Romana*, *Stadia Olympica*, *Parasangæ Persicæ* and *Milliaria Britannia propria* – Roman miles, Olympic stadia, Persian parasangs and British miles.

The Library of Congress keeps the atlas as G1033 .T34 1826 – a 28 cm volume of 16 leaves of double plates with colored maps – and your file is made from its scan, free to use and reuse.

Your file

Original	map from An atlas of ancient geography, Philadelphia, 1826, Library of Congress G1033 .T34 1826; the record describes the atlas, not this sheet’s size
Scan	full sheet 4425 × 3557 px; the map inside the trimmed border 4181 × 3364 px
Print size at 300 dpi	the map prints to 35 cm (14 in), the full sheet with margins to 37 cm (15 in)
You download	six ZIP archives: full sheet, trimmed, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4 and ISO A
Inside each one	one JPEG at 300 dpi, the restoration passport as a PDF, a READ ME

How to print

This is an atlas plate for a modest frame: at 300 dpi the map prints to 35 cm. Pick the archive whose proportions match your frame; ask for matte fine-art paper in sRGB with auto-enhancement off.
Where to print it: print shops near you and checked prices at online labs.

Source and rights

The file is made from the Library of Congress scan, which the library marks free to use and reuse. The record describes the atlas as having colored maps but does not name the printing technique; “engraved” in the list above is the Rumsey collection’s description of its own copy. There is no TIFF master in the package. Catalogue record: Library of Congress →

Every map is a scan of a real sheet held in a named archive — library, shelfmark and year, all stated. Nothing generated, nothing redrawn.