COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, New Mexico.
Obj Height cm:
41
Obj Width cm:
33
Scale 1:
6,600,000
Note:
Washington and Oregon shown separately. 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, 266.
Full Title:
A new map of the state of California, the territories of Oregon, Washington, Utah and New Mexico. Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., no. 253 Market Street, Philadelphia. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. in the ... District Court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania. (1854)
List No:
0558.001
Page No:
37
Pub Date:
1854
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. 1854. Entered ... 1850 by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. ... Pennsylvania. (title page by) J. Wissler delr. Chromolith. of P.S. Duval & Co. Phila.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 814.
Pub Note:
This is the late 1854 issue; Washington Territory appears on the California, etc. map and the United States map, and Kansas appears for the first time on the United States map. Desilver appears as publisher in partnership with Cowperthwait and Butler. Maps full color. Bound in half leather marbled paper covered boards with "Mitchell's Universal Atlas" stamped in gold on the front label.
Pub List No:
0558.000
Pub Maps:
72
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
37
Image No:
0558001
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Publisher:
Cowperthwait, Desilver, Butler
Type:
Atlas Map
State/Province:
California
State/Province:
Oregon
State/Province:
U.S. West
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Date:
1854
Attributed Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, New Mexico.
