1867 Set of Map Pules: Atlas Geographique en Jeu de Patience
DESCRIPTION
This is a delightful antique set of French jigsaw pules featuring maps of North America, South America, Africa, Oceania, and Switzerland. The maps are separated by heavy-stock paper dividers, with blue and red ribbon pulls intact to help remove the pules from the box. The pieces are mounted on thin balsa wood with original blue paper on verso and wrapped along the edges. All maps neatly fit into the original paper board box which features a decorative printed color cover.
Of the five maps included in this set, the map of North America garners our attention with regards to its cartography. While the pule set is dated 1867, the map shows the continent with the geopolitical makeup of the 1840s. Alaska is shown as Russian Possessions and the northwest reaches of the United States extend into present-day British Colombia. Mexico is the size it was before the Mexican-American War when the territory included the southwestern states of today but does not include Texas which is its own republic and pule piece.
CONDITION
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