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Pub Year Map Maker Pub Place Map Title Map Price (USD) Picture
1850Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co.PhiladelphiaA New Map of Indiana with it's Roads and Distances.$95 Picture

A lithograph with hand colored wash.

Size: 17 inches x 13-1/2 inches (36 cm x 29 cm); Scale: 1 inch = approximately 23 miles.

Map Type: Atlas

Inset table of Steam Boat routes from Louisville. Minor age spotting with a stain in Henry county. Tear at upper left into border has been expertly repaired.

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.

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.

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

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