“MAP OF THE NEW ENGLAND OR EASTERN STATES…” Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, c. 1844. Engraved map with original hand-coloring. from Mitchell's "School and Family Geography", dated 1844 in lower margin. (Image: 16 ¾ x 10 ¾’’). Centerfold as issued. Small separation at centerfold in left margin.
This map depicts Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine in contrasting colors. Counties are also named and delineated. Topographical features are shown with major cities, towns, islands, railroads and waterways identified. Distances are provided from New England to various world countries.
The insets depict the “Vicinity of Boston & Providence” “Vicinity of New Haven & Hartford” and “Map of New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Newfoundland…”
Mitchell left the profession of teaching and began a career as a highly successful cartographic publisher whose name was synonymous with the introduction of school children to geography (Maps of Texas & the Southwest, Martin & Martin).
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