Mitchells Reference Distance Map United by Mitchell Augustus James Young (2 results)
Mitchell's Reference & Distance map of the United States.
MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus (1790-1868) and James H. Young (1817-1866)
Published by Philadelphia: Samuel Augustus Mitchell, 1848 (copyright 1833), 1848
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.Arader Galleries - AraderNYC
Contact seller5-star sellerUnbound. 1st Edition. "Engraved folding wall map with large inset map of Texas, Oregon and California in lower right, several smaller inset maps of the Falls of Niagara, Northern Maine, Rochester, Albany, Washington, Charleston, and Florida on the perimeter (overall 56 x 71 in.; 142.5 x 179.6 cm), hand-colored in wash and outlin…e, dissected in 36 sections and mounted on linen, engraving of an eagle on a seashell grasping an olive branch in his left talon and arrows in the right, flanked by the capitol at Washington and Philadelphia (attributed to William Mason), wide ornate vine border, green cloth selvage. BINDING/CONDITION: Marbled paper outer panels. Dampstained with traces of mold chiefly on the linen backing but occasionally affecting portions of the map, some sections separating from backing at corners, margins of several sections creased. (65B2C) FIRST PRINTING OF A LANDMARK MAP OF THE WEST AND THE FIRST TO INCLUDE AN INSET MAP OF TEXAS. This monumental wall map was produced by Mitchell the same year as his pocket size map of Texas, Oregon and California "[It is] an important map [depicting] the western political situation on the eve of the Mexican War. A composite map, it judiciously incorporated the recent work of Nicollet, Wilkes, Frémont, and Emory. Both the Oregon Trail and the 'Caravan route to Santa Fe' are included" (Schwartz & Ehrenberg). Wheat adds: "This map represents a great step forward [utilizing] the recent explorations that had bounded and determined the nature of the Great Basin. The Texas claim to a western boundary up to the Rio Grande is here shown, with the northern panhandle extending all the way to the 42nd parallel, following Emory's map of Texas" (Wheat). PROVENANCE: Evelyn and Eric P. Newman (sale, Leslie Hindman, 12 November 2018, Lot 89) REFERENCES: Rumsey 4308.000; Schwartz & Eherenberg, The Mapping of America, p. 276; Wheat, Mapping of the Transmississippi (1959) II:35, no. 520 (referring to the pocket map's "Accompaniement")".
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MITCHELL, S. Augustus (1792-1868), and James H. YOUNG (fl.1817-50)
Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia, 1845
- Hardcover
- Map
Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA)
Contact seller5-star sellerCopper-engraved wall map, with full original colour, expertly repaired, backed with modern linen, trimmed in green cloth, on contemporary rollers, with bright colour, overall in very good condition. An impressive wall map of the United States from a crucial year in American history. In 1834 Mitchell republished his A New Map of…the United States under the title of Reference and Distance Map. New, updated editions appeared almost yearly. When compared to the 1833 edition of the former, this 1845 edition of the Reference and Distance Map shows many new developments in the upper Midwest. The outline of Lake Michigan has undergone extensive corrections. An oversized Wisconsin Territory (1836) now appears. Two of the small insets of American towns have been removed from the upper left-hand corner so that the new oversized Territory of Iowa (1838) could be added. The large inset General Map of the United States now shows Texas in its last year as an independent Republic. An important American map, showing the country on the eve of its second great national expansion. Rumsey 4223; Phillips, Maps, p. 898.
