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Map of North America : engraved to illustrate Mitchell's School and Family geography

Description: Upper California is shown as separate from Mexico. Guatemala covers all of Nicaragua as well as present day Guatemala. At head of title: "No. 4." Apparently from Mitchell's school atlas, intended to accompany his School geography. MS note: 17-1/2. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 348390.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1839
Call number: 348390
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (1792-1868)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 26 x 21 cm
Associated people: Young, J. H. (1792-1868.); Mitchell, S. Augustus (1792-1868.); Mitchell, S. Augustus
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County Map of the State of California

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Apparently removed from Mitchell's New General Atlas Submaps: San Francisco; San Francisco Bay and Vicinity. MS note: 264892. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 1870 Calif.

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County Map of California

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Apparently removed from Mitchell's New General Atlas. Submaps: Map of the Settlements in the Great Salt Lake Country, Utah.; San Francisco Bay and Vicinity. MS note: 264893 1862. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

264893

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Map of Oregon, Washington and part of British Columbia

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Taken from Mitchell's New General Atlas (has page no: 40 in bottom right corner). Is not from the 1860 edition, which is available in the David Rumsey online collection, nor is it from the 1863 edition (hrbs 72853). Is probably from the 1861 or 1862 edition. Washington encompasses all of Idaho and western Montana. MS notes: au9 581 ar/ 15.50 391 1860 present Idaho, part of Mont., Wyo. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

325800

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A new map of Texas Oregon and California : with the regions adjoining ; compiled from the most recent authorities

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This map apparently came from Mitchell's guidebook. Originally made in 1845, this edition clearly shows the Gold Region but lacks clarity for most state boundaries. Submaps: Map of the Maritime and Overland Routes to California; Map of the Gold and Quicksilver District of California. MS note: from 41388. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

41388

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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

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Map folded with second sheet with town and city plans and statistics. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

247705

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Mitchell's geographical reader: : a system of modern geography, comprising a description of the world, with its grand divisions, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceanica. Designed for instruction in schools and families

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Map of North America : engraved to illustrate Mitchell's School and Family geography

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