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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 Mississippi with it's Roads and Distances.	$100	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, 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 and roads, with inset table of Steam Boat routes from Natchez.

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

Inset table of Steam Boat routes from Natchez.

References:  A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, #800, Phillips, P.L, Government Printing Office, Washington; American Maps and Mapmakers, page 313, Ristow, George, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1985