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| Keywords: 1864 Mitchell Map of Australia and Polynesia - Geographicus - Oceanica-mitchell-1864.jpg A beautiful example of S A Mitchell Jr ™s 1864 map of the Pacific including Australia Polynesia Melanesia and Malaysia Covers the region in considerable detail with parts of North America and Asia included Extends as far north as the Aleutian Islands and as far south as New Zealand Inset in the lower right quadrant depicts the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands One of the most attractive American atlas maps of this region 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 Jr for inclusion as plate 81 in the 1864 issue of Mitchell ™s New General Atlas Dated and copyrighted Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk ™s Office of the District Court of the U S for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1860 dated Size in 13 5 11 object history credit line accession number Oceanica-mitchell-1864 <i>Mitchell's New General Atlas containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc Embraced in Fifty-three Quarto Maps forming a series of Eighty-Four Map and Plans together with Valuable Statistical Tables </i> 1864 Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Samuel Augustus Mitchell Old maps of Asia | ||||
