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Pub Year Map Maker Pub Place Map Title Map Price (USD) Picture
1852Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co.PhiladelphiaA New Map of Georgia with its Roads & Distances . . .$200 Picture

An engraved map with full color wash

Size: 13-1/2 inches X 17 inches

Map Type: Atlas

This is a good copy with vivid colors. General age toning throughout, water stain in right and lower margin and border, not affecting main image. Some offsetting

Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company of Philadelphia purchased the copyright of the New Universal Atlas from Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Sr. in 1850. Taken from this atlas, this map is attractive and legible, and displays a growing network of rail roads, roads, and canals.

The map also displays the topographical features of the state, including mountains and rivers. Ferry locations are also noted.

Inset table list Steam Boat routes from Savannah.

References: A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, #807, Phillips, P.L, Government Printing Office, Washington; American Maps and Mapmakers, page 313, Ristow, George, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1985

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