MAKE A MEME View Large Image Pocket Map of the United States - Geographicus - TravellersGuide-mitchell-1833.jpg A rare first edition 1832 of Mitchell ™s ˜Travellers ™ Guide to the United States Depicts the eastern half of the United States from Texas Mexico at the time ...
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Keywords: 1832 Mitchell's Pocket Map of the United States - Geographicus - TravellersGuide-mitchell-1833.jpg A rare first edition 1832 of Mitchell ™s ˜Travellers ™ Guide to the United States Depicts the eastern half of the United States from Texas Mexico at the time and Missouri Territory eastward to the Atlantic Includes only the northern part of Florida Labels roadways major cities canals and some geographic features Made with the traveler in mind The early part of the 19th century witnessed the westward expansion of European-American toward and eventually beyond the Mississippi As one of the most popular and inclusive maps of the period it is no doubt that this map was part of the experience of many westward migrants In the upper left quadrant three inset mini-maps depicts the Vicinity of New Orleans the Vicinity of Cincinnati and the Vicinity of Albany In the lower right hand quadrant there are five additional inset maps depicting the Vicinity of Boston the Vicinity of New York The Vicinity of Philadelphia the Vicinity of Baltimore and Washington and the Vicinity of Charleston The Great Lake region is shown top center and in excellent detail Lake Michigan is presented in its distended form An inset north of Lake Ontario shows the Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara Niagara Falls Mitchell first issued this important map and guide in 1832 and issued subsequent revisions and reissues almost yearly until 1849 Accompanied by original red leather binder including a fold out index roughly the same size as the map Engraved onto a steel plate for printing by Mitchell ™s associates J H Young And D Haines 1832 dated Size in 21 5 17 25 object history credit line accession number TravellersGuide-mitchell-1833 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Samuel Augustus Mitchell Old maps of the United States 1832 maps
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