COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
California, Oregon, Utah, New Mexico.
Obj Height cm:
41
Obj Width cm:
32
Scale 1:
6,600,000
Note:
Shows counties in California and New Mexico for the first time. Also unlike 1851 ed., the "Gold Region" in California is no longer labelled and Mt. Shasta is no longer spelled "Shaste." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows Indian tribes. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Reference:
Wheat, C.I. Maps of the Calif. gold region, 225; Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 754; Moffat, R.M. Printed maps of Utah to 1900, 24.
Full Title:
A new map of the state of California, the territories of Oregon & Utah, and the chief part of New Mexico. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. in the ... District Court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania. (1852)
List No:
0553.001
Page No:
37
Pub Date:
1852
Pub Title:
A new universal atlas containing maps of the various empires, kingdoms, states and republics of the World. With a special map of each of the United States, plans of cities &c. Comprehended in seventy five sheets and forming a series of one hundred and twenty two maps, plans and sections ... Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. No. 253 Market Street. 1852. Entered ... 1850, by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. ... Pennsylvania. (title page by) J. Wissler delr. Chromolith. of P.S. Duval, Philada.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 807.
Pub Note:
California map shows counties in California and New Mexico for the first time. Full color maps. Atlas is bound in half leather marbled paper covered boards with red leather label stamped in gold reading "Mitchell's Universal Atlas. James Kirkpatrick."
Pub List No:
0553.000
Pub Maps:
74
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
37
Image No:
0553001
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Publisher:
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
Type:
Atlas Map
State/Province:
California
State/Province:
Oregon
State/Province:
U.S. West
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Date:
1852
Attributed Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
California, Oregon, Utah, New Mexico.
