1846 Mitchell Map China (1 results)

Excellent. Slight marginal soiling. Size 12 x 15 Inches. A fine example of S. A. Mitchell's 1846 map of China and Korea. A Closer Look Coverage embraces China, Taiwan (Formosa), and Korea, with parts of adjacent countries. The map is divided into China's traditional provinces. Concession cities and treaty ports, like Shanghai and Canton, are underscored. Hong Kong is named a British territory. The Great Wall appears north and west of Beijing (Peking). The map features the Carey and Hart borders, which were replaced in 1847-48 with new Mitchell borders. Publication History and Census This map was published in 1846 in the first edition of Samuel Augustus Mitchell's New Universal Atlas . The map is based on the work of Henry S. Tanner, c. 1836, which Mitchell acquired from Carey and Hart in 1846, who had acquired them from Tanner in 1843. Importantly, in the course of changing hands, the atlas was converted from engraved steel or copper plates to lithographic stones. Mitchell issued the atlas in early 1846 with Tanner's name still on the maps. References: Rumsey 0537.068.