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| Keywords: 1864 Mitchell Map of the World on Mercator Projection - Geographicus - World-mitchell-1864.jpg A fine example of Mitchell ™s 1864 map of the World on Mercator Projection The American continent is presented at the center of the map Shows the routes of important explorers including Cook the Us Exploring expedition the Resolution Ross Gore and Clark In Africa Lake Victoria makes one of its first appearances in an American map but is labeled simply Inner Sea This represents an update from the 1860 version despite the fact that the copyright has not been changed Antarctica is depicted only in the most fragmentary way referencing the world of the U S Exploring Expedition as well as Cook ™s discoveries One of the most attractive American atlas maps of the world 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 for inclusion 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 A 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 18 14 object history credit line accession number World-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 1860s maps of the world 1860 maps Maps with Mercator projection Global maps centered 70W | ||||
