Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 11 7/8" x 14 7/8". A beautiful map of Brazil, from 1850 including Uruguay, Paraguay, and Guiana. Hand colored to show provinces, and relief is shown by hachure. Rivers and cities are labeled. Features two insets, one of Paraguay, and the other showing Environs of Rio Janiero. Both insets also show major roads. Overall, this is an excellent copy of this map, with slight toning to..... More

Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1842. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 25.5" x 34.75. This 1842 case map by Samuel Augustus Mitchell offers a wealth of information about the United States. The centre of the page includes statistical data from 1840 relating to population, manufacturing, canals, exports, railroads, agriculture, mining, rivers, etc. This information is surrounded by 32 maps of major cities. Some of these include Cincinnati, Detroit, New York, Charleston, Washington, New Orleans, Hartford, and Richmond, among..... More

Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1877. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 13 3/4" x 21 1/4" Interesting double-page map of Georgia and Alabama showing all counties, railroads, major routes and waterways. Two insets show town plans for the cities of Savannah, Georgia, and Atlanta, the capitol of Georgia. In excellent condition. One small closed tear to left margin. Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. (1792-1868) is one of the leaders in American cartography of the 19th century and pioneered the..... More

Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1847. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 12 1/4" x 14 7/8". A beautiful 1847 map of Hindoostan, or present-day India and Nepal with parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Hand colored to show provinces, with pink representing British possessions, green to indicate states under British protection, and yellow to show Independent States. Rivers and cities are labeled, and relief is shown by hachure. Features inset of the Delta of the Ganges, which also show..... More

Philadelphia: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus, 1850. Map. Engraving and lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 15" x 12". Classic map of New Hampshire and Vermont divided into counties. Details towns, major routes, railroad, waterways and topography. A table at right lists populations of individual counties and towns. Small chip to lower right corner. Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. (1792-1868) is one of the pioneers in American cartography of the 19th century. More

Philadelphia: H. N. Burroughs, 1846. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 14 3/8" x 11 7/16". Classic map of Indiana divided into counties. The map includes towns and roads, in addition to canals, drawn in blue, and railroads, drawn in red. A table in the upper left shows steamboat routes from Louisville to Pittsburgh and to New Orleans. An elevation view on the right shows a profile of the Wabash and Erie Canal. The map is in good..... More

Philadelphia: S. A. Mitchell, 1846. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 14 7/8" x 12". Excellent map of Maine showing all counties, railroads, major routes and waterways. Two tables at the top of the page list population over time. Small chips to lower margin not affecting the image. From the first edition of Mitchell's seminal New Universal Atlas. This copy is State X-A of this map (Thompson 80) Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. (1792-1868) was one of the leaders..... More

Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1846. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 11.5 x 14.5 inches. This beautiful first edition map depicts the states of Maryland and Delaware divided into counties. Cities, towns, stage roads, and waterways are labeled. Canals are colored in blue, and railroads in red. A table lists steam boat routes within Maryland and Delaware and in connection to neighboring states. A large inset in the lower left features a city plan of Baltimore, with labeled..... More

Philadelphia: H. N. Burroughs, 1850. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 14 5/8" x 11 3/4". Wonderfully graphic and colorful map of Michigan amidst four Great Lakes. The map includes towns and roads, in addition to canals, drawn in blue, and railroads, drawn in orange. A small inset on the left depicts the western part of the state. Beneath the title, two tables list steam boat routes from Detroit to Fort Gratiot and Fort Howard. The map is..... More

Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1848. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 11 1/4" x 14". Beautifully detailed first edition map of South Carolina divided into counties. The map delineates towns, waterways, railroads, and major routes, as explained in a small key at the bottom right. Canals and railroads are marked. Also included are insets of Charleston and a table of distances. The map is in good condition, with minor toning. Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. (1792-1868) published this map..... More

Philadelphia: Cowperthwait, Desilver & Butler, 1855. Map. Engraving and lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 26.25". Beautifully detailed map of the United States including insets of the Gold Region of California and the District of Columbia. Shows states and territories, towns and cities, major routes, historic trails, topographical features and mountain heights, waterways, battle sites and railroads (completed and projected). Light creases to right corners. Samuel Augustus Mitchell Sr. (1792-1868) was one of the leaders in American..... More

Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1849. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 11 1/2" x 14". Beautifully detailed map of Arabia and surrounding regions comprising present-day Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan. The map delineates important towns and major routes, as explained in a small key at the bottom center. This particular map comes from the 1849 edition of Mitchell's seminal "New Universal Atlas" published by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. In good condition, with a minor stain to left margin..... More

Philadelphia: H. N. Burroughs, 1846. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 12 3/8" x 15 1/8". This map includes the modern-day countries of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, as well as part of Panama. A large inset in the lower right corner shows a "Plan of a Proposed Communication between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans," that is, the Panama Canal Railway. Construction on the railway would begin in 1850, only a few years after this map's 1846 publication, spurred..... More