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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 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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