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Pub Year Map Maker Pub Place Map Title Map Price (USD) Picture
1852Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co.PhiladelphiaA New Map of the United States$275 Picture

An engraved map with full color wash

Size: 17 inches X 27 inches

Map Type: Atlas

This is an excellent copy with some soiling and stains in the margins. 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.

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

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