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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 the State of Wisconsin | $175 | Picture |
A lithograph with hand colored wash. Size: 13-1/2 inches X 17 inches Map Type: Atlas This is a good copy with vivid colors. General age toning throughout. Some offsetting. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company of Philadelphia purchased the copyright of the New Universal Atlas from Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Sr. in 1850. Taken from an 1852 atlas, this map is attractive and legible, and displays a growing network of rail roads, roads, and canals. 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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