COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr.
Date:
1874
Short Title:
Map of Africa, showing its most recent discoveries
Publisher:
S.A. Mitchell Jr.
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
28
Obj Width cm:
35
Scale 1:
37,000,000
Note:
Hand colored map. Shows settlements, tribes, routes, rivers, etc. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington.
Reference:
P6187.
World Area:
Africa
Full Title:
Map of Africa, showing its most recent discoveries. (with inset map) Island of St. Helena. Constructed & engraved by W. Williams, Philadelphia. Entered ... 1874, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Washington.
List No:
3804.066
Page No:
79
Series No:
66
Engraver or Printer:
Gamble, W.H.
Engraver or Printer:
U.S.C.S. Dept.
Engraver or Printer:
Williams, W.
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr.
Pub Date:
1874
Pub Title:
Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World, Plans Of Cities, Etc., Embraced In Seventy-Nine Quarto Maps, Forming A Series Of One Hundred and Twelve Maps and Plans, Together With Valuable Statistical Tables. Also, A List Of Post-Offices Of The United States And Territories, And Census Of 1860 And 1870. Philadelphia: Published By S. Augustus Mitchell, No. 31 South Sixth Street. 1874. Entered ... 1874, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Washington.
Pub Reference:
P6187.
Pub Note:
Large Kansas and Nebraska map makes first appearance, along with Plans of Milwaukee and Detroit. Colorado et al map is shifted west. Full color. Bound in embossed half leather dark brown cloth covered boards, with "Mitchell's New General Atlas" stamped in gilt.
Pub List No:
3804.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
62
Pub Height cm:
40
Pub Width cm:
33
Image No:
3804066
Authors:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr.
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Map of Africa, showing its most recent discoveries
