COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Arkansas
Obj Height cm:
32
Obj Width cm:
37
Scale 1:
1,488,960
Note:
1st edition 1836, copyright 1836; this is likely the third edition. Scarce, not in Phillips. This map is not listed in any collections; it an early and important map of Arkansas, first published the year (1836) that Arkansas became a state. James Callan compiled the map but little else is known about him. The map shows Land Districts and offices, Military Bounty Lands and Military Townships "unfit for cultivation," Steam Boat Routes, and much other political and physical detail. In the southwest corner of the state the boundary line is west of the final boundary and a line even further west is listed as "Proposed Boundary of Arkansas." See Heaston Catalogue 11 #16 for a copy of the 1837 edition described as "one of the few early Arkansas pocket maps." Full color, folded into beautiful stamped burgundy leather covers 12.5x7.5 with "Mitchell's Map Of Arkansas" in gilt. Prime meridian is Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
Reference:
Tooley Dict.(Callan); Eberstadt 104:16.
Full Title:
A New Map Of Arkansas Compiled From The Latest Information by James Callan, Civil Engineer, Washington City. Philadelphia. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell. 1839. Sold By Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. No. 253 Market Street. Entered ... 1836 by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. Engraved by J.H. Young.
List No:
3050.002
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1839
Pub Title:
A New Map Of Arkansas Compiled From The Latest Information by James Callan, Civil Engineer, Washington City. Philadelphia. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell. 1839. Sold By Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. No. 253 Market Street. Entered ... 1836 by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. Engraved by J.H. Young.
Pub Reference:
Tooley Dict.(Callan); Eberstadt 104:16.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
3050.000
Pub Height cm:
13
Pub Width cm:
8
Image No:
3050002
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Publisher:
S. Augustus Mitchell
Type:
Pocket Map
State/Province:
Arkansas
Engraver or Printer:
Young, J.H.
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Publication Author:
Callan, James
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Author:
Callan, James
Date:
1839
Arkansas
