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1872 Mitchell Map of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana

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County Map of the States of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. - Main View
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1872 Mitchell Map of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana

ArkansasMississippiLouisiana-mitchell-1872


Title


County Map of the States of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
  1872 (dated)     22 x 15 in (55.88 x 38.1 cm)

Description


A beautiful example of the legendary American map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.'s 1872 map of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. Covers the states of Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas in fine detail along with parts of neighboring Texas, Missouri and Alabama. This map also identifies various cities, towns, rivers, railroads and an assortment of additional topographical details. Map is color coded according to political boundaries with elevation rendered by hachure. One of the most attractive American atlas maps of this region to appear in the mid-19th century. Features the vine motif border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1866 - 1882 period. Drawn and engraved by W. H. Gamble for inclusion as plate no. 34 in the 1872 issue of Mitchell's New General Atlas. Dated and copyrighted, 'entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1872 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.'

Cartographer


Samuel Augustus Mitchell (March 20, 1792 - December 20, 1868) began his map publishing career in the early 1830s. Mitchell was born in Bristol, Connecticut. He relocated to Philadelphia in 1821. Having worked as a school teacher and a geographical writer, Mitchell was frustrated with the low quality and inaccuracy of school texts of the period. His first maps were an attempt to rectify this problem. In the next 20 years Mitchell would become the most prominent American map publisher of the mid-19th century. Mitchell worked with prominent engravers J. H. Young, H. S. Tanner, and H. N. Burroughs before attaining the full copyright on his maps in 1847. In 1849 Mitchell either partnered with or sold his plates to Thomas, Cowperthwait and Company who continued to publish the Mitchell's Universal Atlas. By about 1856 most of the Mitchell plates and copyrights were acquired by Charles Desilver who continued to publish the maps, many with modified borders and color schemes, until Mitchell's son, Samuel Augustus Mitchell Junior, entered the picture. In 1859, S.A. Mitchell Jr. purchased most of the plates back from Desilver and introduced his own floral motif border. From 1860 on, he published his own editions of the New General Atlas. The younger Mitchell became as prominent as his father, publishing maps and atlases until 1887, when most of the copyrights were again sold and the Mitchell firm closed its doors for the final time. More by this mapmaker...

Condition


Very good. Blank on verso. Original centerfold. Minor overall toning. Verso repair along centerfold.

References


Rumsey 2483.025 (1870 edition).