Oregon & Upper California. / Mitchell, Samuel Augustus / 1848

Oregon & Upper California. Mitchell, Samuel Augustus, 1848

Oregon & Upper California. / Mitchell, Samuel Augustus / 1848

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Full Title: Oregon and Upper California. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, N.E. corner of Market & Seventh Streets. Philadelphia. 1848. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1845 by H.N. Burroughs in the ... District Court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Date: 1848

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Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Date: 1848

Short Title: Oregon & Upper California.

Publisher: Philadelphia: S.A. Mitchell

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 39

Object Width cm: 32

Scale 1: 6,600,000

Note: Except for date in title block, map appears identical to earlier issues of 1847, but with the Mexican boundary line added in red ink. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Full hand col. to show "Oregon" and "Upper or New California". Shows Indian tribes and includes descriptive notes. New California extends to the Gulf of California. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Not included in table of contents.

State / Province: U.S. West ; California ; Oregon

List No: 3697.001

Page No: (35a)

Engraver or Printer: Burroughs, H. N.

Published In: A new universal atlas containing maps of the various empires, kingdoms, states and republics of the World. With a special map of each of the United States, plans of cities &c. Comprehended in seventy sheets and forming a series of one hundred and seventeen maps, plans and sections ... Philadelphia, Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, N.E. corner of Market & 7th Streets. 1848. Entered ... 1846, by H.N. Burroughs ... Pennsylvania. (title page by) J. Knight Sc.

Publication Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Publication Date: 1848

Publication Reference: Phillips, 6106.

Publication Note: The North America, Mexico, and Oregon and Upper California maps show the new boundary of Mexico and the United States resulting from the Mexican War, for the first time. Covers are half leather marbled paper covered boards with "Mitchell's Universal Atlas" stamped in gilt on front label. Full color.

Publication List No: 3697.000

Publication Type: World Atlas

Publication Maps: 73

Publication Height cm: 45

Publication Width cm: 37

Image No: 3697001

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