Johnson’s Western Hemisphere and Johnson’s Eastern Hemisphere
In 1862, while Union and Confederate armies fought across Virginia, New York publisher Alvin Jewett Johnson was selling Americans their picture of the rest of the planet. This Johnson hemisphere world map from 1862 is that picture: two globes side by side, engraved in the ornate house style that made Johnson’s atlases fixtures in parlors and schoolrooms of the period.
Map Shop produces this as an ultra high quality reproduction, scanned from the original at high resolution and digitally restored before printing. It is a print, not an original sheet, which makes it a piece you can hang in daylight without worrying about a fragile antique.
- Published 1862 by American map publisher Alvin Jewett Johnson
- Double hemisphere projection, Western and Eastern hemispheres presented as a matched pair
- Digitally restored from a high resolution scan of the original
- Available on premium paper, laminated, mounted to foam core, or finished with black or walnut rails or framing
A natural fit for Civil War era history collectors, library and museum buyers, and anyone furnishing a study or law office wall.

