Benjamin P. Ward was an American publisher. He was best known for his partnership with A. J. Johnson. In 1860, the Johnson firm published its first significant work, the Johnson’s New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas. The first edition of the Atlas bears imprints in both New York and Richmond, VA. In 1861, however, following the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Johnson & Browning firm abandoned their Richmond location. Browning seems to have remained in Virginia to pursue other ventures and, in 1861, Browning’s portion of the firm was purchased by Ward. The 1863 issue of the Atlas was one of the most unusual, it being a compilation of older Johnson and Browning maps, updated 1862 Johnson and Ward maps, and newer 1863 maps with a revised border design. The 1864 issue of the Atlas is the first true Johnson and Ward atlas. Johnson published one more edition in partnership with Ward in 1865, after which Johnson becomes the sole publisher.
Detailed map of Minnesota and Dakota Territory, colored by county, with only two counties in Dakota and 4 large counties in northern Minnesota. Many Indian Tribal names and notes. Minneapolis is named.
Early map in the series of Johnson's maps of this region, the first edition to include Colorado Territory. In this edition, Kansas extends to the Rocky Mountains and Nebraska extends to Oregon Territory and Canada. In the next edition, Kansas gives...
Interesting map of the southwest, hand colored by counties and showing a number of interesting territorial anomalies. Nevada has its lower corner truncated, leaving Las Vegas in Arizona. Nevada is truncated at the bottom. In each of the states and...
Massive Dakota Territory -- Pre-dating Wyoming and Montana. This is the third map in the series of Johnson's maps of this region and the first to include Colorado. Kansas gives way to Colorado, Nebraska is truncated by Dakota, but still extends to...
Decorative map of Missouri and Kansas, colored by counties, published by Johnson & Ward. Includes large decorative vignettes of a fire on the prairie with horse mounted Indians, the Santa Fe Trail and spear fishing Indians. Shows towns, counties,...
The Earliest Appearance of Idaho Territory--Including The Future Montana & Wyoming Territories Third in series of Johnson maps showing evolution of the mapping of these western territories. The most notable feature of the map is the massive...
Interesting map of the southwest, hand colored by counties and showing a number of interesting territorial anomalies. Nevada has its lower corner truncated, leaving Las Vegas in Arizona. In each of the states and territories, the county configurations...
Interesting map of California and the Southwest hand colored by counties and showing a number of interesting territorial anomalies. Nevada has its lower corner truncated, leaving Las Vegas in Arizona. Utah extends approximately 1 degree too far to the...
Detailed map of California and the Southwest, colored by Counties.
Scarce early edition of Johnson's Washington & Oregon. The map is colored by counties. Washington wraps around Oregon to the east of the Oregon State line, including the yet to be formed Idaho Territory. Includes many Indian tribes, forts, roads...
Detailed map of California, colored by Counties. The map pre-dates Orange, Riverside and Imperial Counties.
Attractive map of Cuba, the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the Caymans. Shows towns, rivers, mountains, etc. Inset maps of Havana and Puerto Rico.
Detailed map of Central America, colored by provinces. Includes towns, roads, rivers, lakes, mountains, islands, etc. Includes insets showing the Isthmus of Panama, Harbor of San Juan De Nicaragua, The Nicaragua Rute, Manzanilla I. Aspinwall City Navy...
Attractive regional map, colored by provinces and showing towns, mountains, rivers, bays, etc. Large vignette of the harbor of Rio De Janeiro and insets of Rio and Pernambuco.
Attractive map of South America, colored by country or state. Extends south to the South Shetland Islands and north to the Gulf of Mexico. Includes notes of numerous 18th century voygages, including Columbus, inset of Cape Horn and other interesting...
Large format map of the Roman Empire with insets of Roman Greece and Roman Italy. Includes ancient place names, rivers, mountains, etc. Decorative borders. A marvelous historian's map.
