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Pub Year	Map Maker	Pub Place	Map Title	Map Price (USD)	Picture
1852	Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co.	Philadelphia	A New Map of Virginia with it's Canals, Roads, and Distances.	$150	Picture

A lithograph with full hand colored wash

Size: 13-1/2 inches X 17x inches

Map Type: Atlas

This is a good copy with vivid colors. General age toning throughout, water stain in left 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 Steam Boat Routes table. Inset "Profile of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal".

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