A New Map of Virginia with its Canals, Roads, & Distances from place to place, along the Stage and Steam Boat Routes.
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowpertwaith & Co., 1854.
Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 12 3/4" x 15 3/4"
Lovely map of Virginia, including West Virginia, divided into counties. Shows major cities, major routes, waterways and railroads. Includes table of steam boat routes. Includes an inset in the top right showing a profile of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. This map was published in the "New Universal Atlas", and is in very good condition. Plate was originally published by Samuel Augustus Mitchell, who sold the copyright to Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company in 1850, which was in turn bought by Charles Desilver in 1856.
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. took over publication of S. A. Mitchell's important "Universal Atlas" in 1850, and continued to produce updated maps that were considered some of the best commercial cartography of the 19th century.
Binding: Unbound
Language: English
Price: $200.00
Item #327902