COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Date:
1860
Short Title:
Map Of The World On The Mercator Projection.
Publisher:
S.A. Mitchell, Jr.
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
35
Obj Width cm:
44
Scale 1:
100,000,000
Note:
In full printed color with explorer's sea routes.
Reference:
P831-2.
World Area:
World
Full Title:
Map Of The World On The Mercator Projection Exhibiting the American Continent As It's Centre. 2. Entered ... 1860, by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. ... Pennsylvania.
List No:
0565.002
Series No:
5
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr.
Pub Date:
1860
Pub Title:
Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World, Plans Of Cities, Etc. Embraced In Forty-Seven Quarto Maps, Forming A Series Of Seventy-Six Maps And Plans, Together With Valuable Statistical Tables. Philadelphia: Published By S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. No. 31 South Sixth Street. 1860. Entered ... 1860, by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. ... Pennsylvania.
Pub Reference:
P831.
Pub Note:
1st edition. This atlas was published by Mitchell's son, and replaced the New Universal Atlas. It was published until 1893. Ristow states that Mitchell Senior retired in 1860 and left the publishing business to his son. This is the first edition, first state, with no page numbers outside the borders, no New Orleans map between 28 and 29, and with the larger "Map of the World on a Globular Projection" by W. Williams (this map was dropped for a smaller map in the second 1860 issue - see our copy). Full color. Bound in half leather brown cloth covered boards with "Mitchell's New General Atlas." embossed in gold.
Pub List No:
0565.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
43
Pub Height cm:
41
Pub Width cm:
34
Image No:
0565002
Authors:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
