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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

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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
Additional title: New national map exhibiting the United States
Names
Williams, W. (Wellington) (Cartographer)
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of North America

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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1857
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: S. Augustus Mitchell
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5049
Topics
North America -- Administrative and political divisions
United States -- Administrative and political divisions
Mexico -- Administrative and political divisions
Cuba -- Administrative and political divisions
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: engraved by W. Williams, map engraver Philadelphia.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington D.C.
Content: Includes distance, 1850 census information, and statistical tables and decorative border.
Content: 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.
Content: 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.
Statement of responsibility: "Constructed and engraved by W. Williams, 33 South Fifth St. Philadelphia."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 141 x 149 cm, sheet 168 x 161 cm
NYPL copy is divided into 6 sheets, 81 x 55 cm or smaller.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 879646272
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20643856
Other local Identifier: NA017.2.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9d70a800-39fe-0133-ad45-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1857: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Mitchell's new national map exhibiting the United States" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2312e710-39ff-0133-5993-00505686d14e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Mitchell's new national map exhibiting the United States" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2312e710-39ff-0133-5993-00505686d14e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1857). Mitchell's new national map exhibiting the United States Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2312e710-39ff-0133-5993-00505686d14e

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Mitchell's new national map exhibiting the United States