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Mitchell's new national map exhibiting the United States : with the North American British provinces, Sandwich Islands, Mexico and Central America, together with Cuba and other West India Islands
- Title
- Mitchell's new national map exhibiting the United States : with the North American British provinces, Sandwich Islands, Mexico and Central America, together with Cuba and other West India Islands / engraved by W. Williams, map engraver Philadelphia.
- Author
- Williams, W. (Wellington)
- Publication
- Philadelphia : S. Augustus Mitchell, 1857.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 15-5049 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
- Description
- 1 map : hand colored; 141 x 149 cm, sheet 168 x 161 cm
- Alternative Title
- New national map exhibiting the United States
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). NA017.2.01
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- Relief shown by hachures.
- Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington D.C.
- Includes distance, 1850 census information, and statistical tables and decorative border.
- Also includes illustrated vignettes: Landing of the Pilgrims Dec. 22nd 1620 -- American steamship crossing the Atlantic -- Columbus' ship discovery of America Oct. 12th 1492 -- Clipper ship Flying Cloud.
- Inset maps: Map of the Sandwich Islands discovered by Capt.n Cook in 1778 -- Map of the world on the Mercator projection exhibiting the American continent as its centre -- Map of the world on the Globular projection exhibiting the eastern and western Hemispheres.
- "Constructed and engraved by W. Williams, 33 South Fifth St. Philadelphia."
- Indexed In (note)
- NYPL copy is divided into 6 sheets, 81 x 55 cm or smaller.
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5049
- OCLC
- 879646272
- Author
- Williams, W. (Wellington), cartographer.
- Title
- Mitchell's new national map exhibiting the United States : with the North American British provinces, Sandwich Islands, Mexico and Central America, together with Cuba and other West India Islands / engraved by W. Williams, map engraver Philadelphia.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : S. Augustus Mitchell, 1857.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:2,500,000 (W 125°--W 58°/N 51°--N 6°).
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Indexed In:
- NYPL copy is divided into 6 sheets, 81 x 55 cm or smaller.New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division , v.1, page 248, column 3, no. 7
- Source
- NA017.2.01
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
- Added Author
- Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5049