"Panorama of the Seat of War / Birds Eye View / of Florida and part of Georgia and Alabama"

Two colored lithograph

Rare, two colored bird's-eye lithograph by John Bachmann, Sr. The view encompasses the coastlines from Tybee Island, Georgia, south and west as far as New Orleans, LA, with details of Florida settlements and forts along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and the rare road and railroad lines. Many fleets of vessels are illustrated, some vessels flying American flags. Above the image is printed "Panorama of the Seat of War"; directly beneath the image: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by John Bachmann in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York" and. to right: "Drawn from Nature and Lith. by John Bachmann"; beneath that: "BIRDS EYE VIEW / OF FLORIDA AND PART OF GEORGIA AND ALABAMA / John Bachmann, Publisher, / 115 & 117 Nassau St., New York."; in lower left corner is a table listing the distances between Key West and places shown on map; in lower right is a table listing distances between Tallahasse and other towns or cities