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 MAPS AND PLANS, TOGETHER WITH VALUABLE STATISTICAL TABLES

Mitchell, S. Augustus (Jr.)

Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., Philadelphia, PA, 1863

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Folio. 40 cm. 15 3/4 in. x 13 in. Contemporary brown textured cloth. Rebacked (spine and corners) in brown half-morocco, with borders of gilt roll. Original boards somewhat scuffed, rubbed and stained, but the entire refurbishing has yielded a very handsome and serviceable volume with many lovely colored maps. Title embossed to top board, in gilt with copper-tone highlights. Green gold-vein endpapers, probably replacements. Eighty-Four colored maps, including three double maps. Some age-toning to endpapers and map margins -- overall very readable and useable! Maps include many groups of U.S. States and Territories, and plans of U.S. Cities. Also maps of Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward's Islands, Halifax, Montreal;, Mexico, Central America and West Indies, Cuba, Jamaica, Bermuda, Panama Railroad, South America, Proposed Atrato Canal; New Grenada, Venezuela, Guiana; Equador and Peru; Argentine Confederation; Brazil Chili (& Island of Juan Fernandez); Europe; Russia in Europe, Norway and Sweden; Denmark; Holland and Belgium; France, Spain, and Portugal; Switzerland; England and Wales; Scotland (& Shetland Islands); Ireland; Prussia and the German States; Austria, Italy, Turkey in Europe,and Greece; Maltese Islands; Asia; Persia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, and Beloochistan; Palestine, or The Holy Land; Hindoostan, Farther India, China, and Thibet; Oceanica; Sandwich Islands; Africa; Island of St. Helena; Harbors. Also The World - Eastern and Westernb Hemispheres; The World - Mercator's Projection; North America. Statistical Information at rear includes: (Complete) LIST OF POST OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES; POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES by the Census of 1850 and 1860; LIST OF SLAVE STATES AND THEIR POPULATIONS IN BOTH 1850 AND 1860; Table of (Foreign) POPULATION AND GOVERNMENTS; TABLE OF DISTANCES (ROUTES TO AND FROM FOREIGN PORTS AND CITIES; LAND ROUTES TO PLACES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES; MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD; RIVERS OF THE WORLD. A beautiful, restored and VERY sturdy Atlas from 1863.

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• Title: 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 MAPS AND PLANS, TOGETHER WITH VALUABLE STATISTICAL TABLES
• Publisher: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., Philadelphia, PA
• Publication Date: 1863
• Binding: Leather-bound
• Condition: Very Good
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