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| Keywords: 1866 Mitchell Map of the World on Mercator Projection - Geographicus - WorldMercator-mitchell-1866.jpg A fine example of Mitchell ™s 1866 map of the World on Mercator ™s projection This map covers the entire world with the American continent at its center The routes of important explorers including Cook the U S Exploring Expedition Wilkes the Resolution Ross Gore and Clark are noted In Africa Lake Victoria makes one of its first appearances in an American map in the heart of Africa ™s Unexplored Territory but is simply labeled Inner Sea Antarctica is depicted in only the most fragmentary way referencing the world of the U S Exploring Expedition as well as Cook ™s discoveries Features the floral border typical of Mitchell maps issued between 1860 and 1865 This map offers general revisions and updates from the 1860 version despite the fact that the copyright has not been changed All in all one of the most attractive American atlas maps of the world to appear in the mid-19th century Prepared by S A Mitchell for inclusion 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 18 14 5 object history credit line accession number WorldMercator-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 1860s maps of the world 1866 maps Maps with Mercator projection Global maps centered 70W | ||||
