Mitchell's 1843 National Map of the American Republic
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Author: Mitchell, S. Augustus
Title: Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic or United States of North America
Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher:Mitchell
Date Published: 1843
Description:
Two colored folding maps, 33½ x 24" and 34¾ x 25½". Maps fold into 18.1x11.3 cm (7x4½"), black embossed leather boards with small metal latch, gilt titles and decoration on covers
The national map shows the United States west to the Indian Territory west of Missouri, including the eastern part of Texas, north through most of Maine and with a portion of Canada, and south through most of Florida. There are insets of the portions of Maine and Florida which are excluded from the larger image. The second map contains a large center statistical chart surrounded by thirty-two inset maps of various major American cities and their environs, or states. This map is dated 1842 at the bottom and is described in Graff as a broadside, noting that the map listed by Phillips was issued in 1843. Streeter lists the two maps together, as in the present copy
Full title: Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic or United States of North America. Together with Maps of the Vicinities of Thirty-two of the Principal Cities and Towns in the Union. [Bound With:] A Concise View of the Number, Resources, and Industry of the American People in the Year 1840: Comprising the Different Classes of the Inhabitants, Products, Exports and Imports of Each Separate State; The Most Important Canals and Railroads.
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