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Pub Year	Map Maker	Pub Place	Map Title	Map Price (USD)	Picture
1852	Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co.	Philadelphia	Map of Florida	$250	Picture

A lithograph with hand colored wash.

Size: 17 inches x 13-3/4 inches (36 cm x 29 cm); Scale: 1 inch = approximately 23 miles.

Map Type: Atlas

A good copy with vivid color. Water stain in lower margin not affecting 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 maps of Pensacola, Tallahassee, and the St. Augustine harbor. Inset "Water Routes" tables.

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; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Volume 1 Page 209 Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., Scott, Valerie, Map Collector Publications, Tring, Hertz, England, 1999