"Mitchell's New National Map Exhibiting the United States with the North American British Provinces, Sandwich Islands, Mexico and Central American, Together with Cuba and other West India Islands.", Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

This wall map is a beautiful second edition example of Mitchell's "New" map of the United States. The map shows the entire U.S. with some early and fascinating territorial borders in the West. Washington and Oregon meet Nebraska Territory at the Continental Divide. Along the Canadian boundary, Nebraska Territory continues eastward to the Missouri River and a large unnamed Dakota region that shows "Buffalo Region" in the north. The huge territory of Utah encompasses all of Nevada and most of Colorado. New Mexico Territory includes all of Arizona, the southern tip of Nevada and a small portion of Colorado. Finally, a large Kansas Territory shares its western border with Utah. Large inset maps depict the Sandwich Islands, the world on Mercator's Projection, and the world in hemispheres. Several finely engraved vignettes illustrate the "Clipper Ship Flying Cloud" and an "American Steamship Crossing the Atlantic." The map is very detailed with hundreds of place names, plus roads, villages, railroads, ports, etc. A huge table along the bottom gives the 1850 population for many U.S. cities; a small table gives the population of numerous Canadian cities from the 1851 census. The map is surrounded by a wide and highly decorative border.

References: Wheat (TMW) #896; Rumsey #2292.

Condition: B+

Very good, unrestored condition with bright coloring and strong impression, varnish mostly clear and bright with an overall slight darkening heightening the map's vintage appearance. A little rubbing to varnish in a couple places, a small (1/2") piece missing in blank upper margins, and a small (1/4") hole in Canada 1" below the neatline. On original linen with original green cloth edging. Original rollers attached.