No. 5 Map of the United States Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography [With] #6 [Inset] Map of the Gold Region of California

Mitchell, Augustus & W. Williams

Verlag: Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia, 1849

Beschreibung

Hand colored map; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 1 pages; 1849. Augustus Mitchell. Double leaf folio sized map 10.50 H x 16.30 W Inches. Hand colored. Engraved by W. Williams. Scarce example unique to the 1849 published Mitchell's School Atlas. Inset map of the area west of San Francisco in "Upper California" extending just past the Sierra Nevada Mountains and delineating the many small rivers that were the focus of the 49er Gold Rush. Larger map includes frontier borders as they were in 1849 with Oregon Territory, the very large Missouri Territory, Indian Territory as well as a thin long oval with seaparate shading labeled as New Mexico, prior to the establishment of the New Mexico territory. Mild toning and soiling to borders; superficial handling / reader wear. Bright clean example of a scarce 49er map of the US. VG- to VG. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 40309

Bibliografische Details

Titel: No. 5 Map of the United States Engraved to ...

Verlag: Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1849

Einband: Map

Zustand: Very Good