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| Keywords: 1866 Mitchell Map of the United States - Geographicus - UnitedStates-mitchell-1866.jpg A fine example of Mitchell ™s 1866 map of the United States This map covers the entirety of the continental United States along with parts of Canada and Mexico Depicts the country in considerable detail with notations regarding railroads mail routes including the famed Pony Express Routes emigrant routes westward topographical and political details Represents the 1866 state of the map in which the Western states are presented in an early ephemeral configuration Arizona for example contains what is today the southern extension of Nevada including Las Vegas which is noted An inset map in the lower right quadrant focuses on the Island of Newfoundland “ an important site for the American cod fishing industry in the 19th century One of the most attractive American atlas maps of the United States to appear in the mid-19th century Features the floral border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1860-65 period Prepared by S A Mitchell for inclusion as map no 9 in the 1866 issue of Mitchell ™s New General Atlas Dated and copyrighted Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S A Mitchell Jr in the Clerk ™s Office of the District Court of the U S for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1866 dated 1860 Size in 21 5 13 5 object history credit line accession number UnitedStates-mitchell-1866 Mitchell Jr S A <i>Mitchell's New General Atlas containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc Embraced in Fifty-Five Quarto Maps Forming a series of Eighty-Seven Maps and Plans Together with Valuable Statistical Tables </i> Philadelphia 1866 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Samuel Augustus Mitchell Old maps of the United States 1866 maps | ||||
