[MAP] Johnson's Asia (c. 1861)

[MAP] Johnson's Asia. New York: Johnson and Browning, c. 1861. [10406] Large hand-colored map, 45.7 x 36 cm (18 x 14 inches), clean, suitable for framing. The top margin is roughly cut, with a few repairs made on the bottom side of the map, all of which will be covered by a mat when framed. Removed from a bound volume, Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas. Very good. This map shows the roads, rivers, cities, and countries. Some countries bear older names than today, i.e. Hindoostan for India, Cabool for Afghanistan, Anam for Vietnam, Persia for Iraq, etc. The Johnson and Browning imprint dates this map between 1860 and 1862.  Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), b. Wallingford, Vermont; school teacher, for some years a book and map seller for J. H. Colton and Co. After some efforts at publishing his own maps, Johnson found success with his Family Atlas, publishing them in Richmond, Virginia and in New York City beginning in 1860. He and his partner Ross C. Browning (1822-1899) evidently