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Pub Year Map Maker Pub Place Map Title Map Price (USD) Picture
1852Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co.PhiladelphiaA New Map of Tennessee with it's Roads and Distances from place to place along the stage and steam boat routes.$100 Picture

A lithograph with hand colored wash.

Size: 13-3/4 inches X 17 inches

Map Type: Atlas

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 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, lakes and rivers. Ferry locations are also noted.

Inset maps "Environs of Nashville", "Environs of Knoxville". Inset table "Steam Boat Routes".

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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