MAKE A MEME View Large Image Mitchell Map of North America - Geographicus - NorthAmerica-mitchell-1864.jpg A beautiful example of S A Mitchell Jr ™s 1864 map of North America Depicts the entire continent along with Greenland Central America Iceland and the West Indies ...
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Keywords: 1864 Mitchell Map of North America - Geographicus - NorthAmerica-mitchell-1864.jpg A beautiful example of S A Mitchell Jr ™s 1864 map of North America Depicts the entire continent along with Greenland Central America Iceland and the West Indies Notes the routes of various arctic explorers including Dr Kane in the northeast and Captain McClure in the Northwest In 1853 McClure an English captain claimed to have discovered the long sought after northwest passage Despite the fact that he lost his ship the Investigator in the ice packs of the Arctic and that he had to be rescued himself by the Resolute McClure was the first to successfully travel west to east through the Arctic no mean feat at the time One of the most attractive 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 W Williams for inclusion as plate 3 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 Jr in the Clerk ™s Office of the District Court of the U S for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1860 dated Size in 11 14 object history credit line accession number NorthAmerica-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 North America Old maps of Central America Old maps of the Caribbean 1860 maps
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