COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr., 1792-1868
Date:
1865
Short Title:
Map No. 50. Old Testament. 51. Map of Canaan. 52. The land of Israel
Publisher:
E.H. Butler.
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
28
Obj Width cm:
22
Scale 1:
27,000,000
Note:
3 hand colored maps with 2 insets on 1 sheet. Relief shown by hachures. Shows boundaries, major cities, rivers and mountains. Prime meridians are Ferro and Washington. Includes notes.
Reference:
P847.
Country:
Palestine
Country:
Egypt
Region:
Middle East
Full Title:
The World as known to the Children of Israel and representing countries &c. mentioned in the Old Testament. (with) Map of Canaan, part of Egypt and the route of the Israelites in the desert. (with) The land of Israel with the boundaries of the Twelve Tribes. (to accompany) Mitchell's New Reference Atlas for the Use of Colleges, Libraries, Families and Counting Houses. Philadelphia: Published By E.H. Butler & Co. 1865. (insets)Form of the camp of the Israelites. (with) Northern Canaan.
List No:
2516.042
Page No:
50-52
Series No:
42
Engraver or Printer:
L. Johnson & Co.
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr., 1792-1868
Pub Date:
1865
Pub Title:
Mitchell's New Reference Atlas for the Use of Colleges, Libraries, Families and Counting Houses, In A Series Of Fifty-Six Copperplate Maps, Exhibiting The Several Countries, Empires, Kingdoms, And States In The Modern And Ancient World. Compiled From The Latest Authorities. Philadelphia: Published By E.H. Butler & Co. 1865. Entered ... 1865, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. Electrotyped By L. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia.
Pub Reference:
P847.
Pub Note:
1 atlas: 55 maps, Table of contents and geographical tables. Same maps as Mitchell New School Atlas. This is an interesting atlas of multi-state maps. Maps are engraved, full hand colored, printed on thick paper bound with cloth covers and half leather with "Reference Atlas For Colleges, Libraries, Families, And Counting Houses" in embossed gilt. The geographical tables at the end of the volume includes variety of geographical information of the world and the United States. Mitchell began his map publishing career in the early 1830s. Having worked as a school teacher, Mitchell was frustrated with the low quality and inaccuracy of school texts of the period. His first maps were an attempt to rectify this problem. In the next 20 years Mitchell would become the most prominent American map publisher of the mid-19th century.
Pub List No:
2516.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
56
Pub Height cm:
32
Pub Width cm:
27
Image No:
2516042.jp2
Authors:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr., 1792-1868
