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1867 Mitchell Map of New York City, New York

NewYorkCity-mitchell-1870
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New York and Brooklyn. - Main View
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1867 Mitchell Map of New York City, New York

NewYorkCity-mitchell-1870


Title


New York and Brooklyn.
  1870 (dated)     14 x 21 in (35.56 x 53.34 cm)

Description


This beautiful hand colored map is a lithographic engraving of New York City, dating to 1867, by the legendary American map publisher S.A. Mitchell, the younger. Includes in inset map of Upper Manhattan and parts of Queens. Superb detail at the street level including the indication of individual buildings. Shows the various ferry routes between New York and Jersey City, as well as between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Central Park shown in its completed state. This is the first of the Mitchell series to depict Manhattan in full and on the horizontal. Dated and copyrighted ' Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by S. Agustus Mitchell in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.'

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...

Source


Mitchell Jr., S. A., Mitchell's new general atlas, containing maps of the various countries of the World, plans of cities, etc, 1867.    

Condition


Very good condition. Minor repair and reinforcement to original centerfold. Original hand color. Wide clean margins.

References


Haskell, Daniel, Manhattan Maps, A Co-operative List, 1230. Rumsey 2483.014.