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1877 Mitchell Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana

WAORIDMT-mitchell-1877
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Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and part of Montana. - Main View
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1877 Mitchell Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana

WAORIDMT-mitchell-1877


Title


Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and part of Montana.
  1877 (dated)     11 x 13.5 in (27.94 x 34.29 cm)

Description


A beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Junior's 1877 map of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Detailed and color coded at the county level with attention to towns, geographical features, proposed railroads, and cities. Features the vine motif border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1865-80 period. Prepared for inclusion as page no. 93 in the 1877 issue of Mitchell's New General Atlas. Dated and copyrighted along left side, 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1877 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...

Source


Mitchell's New General Atlas, containing maps of the various countries of the World, plans of cities, etc., (1877 edition).    

Condition


Good condition. Minor dampstaining to uppwer left corner - see image. Blank on verso.

References


Rumsey 0586.048 (1880 edition).