COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Author:
Young, James H.
Date:
1832
Short Title:
Index: United States, travellers guide through.
Publisher:
S.A. Mitchell
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Index Page
Obj Height cm:
46
Obj Width cm:
56
Note:
Index page affixed to the inside cover the pocket map case. Includes an index to place names, steamboat and canal routes, a statistical table of the United States, heights of the principal mountains and hills, lengths of principal rivers and lengths of principal canals.
Reference:
Ristow p.304; Buck 284.
Country:
United States
Full Title:
(Index to) Mitchell's Travellers Guide Through The United States. A Map Of The Roads, Distances, Steam Boat & Canal Routes &c. By J.H. Young. Philadelphia. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell. 1832. Engraved On Steel By J.H. Young And D. Haines. Entered ... 1832, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. (with 9 inset maps). (with folded sheet) Index. Steam-boat And Canal Routes ...
List No:
2088B
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Publication Author:
Young, James H.
Pub Date:
1832
Pub Title:
Mitchell's Travellers Guide Through The United States. A Map Of The Roads, Distances, Steam Boat & Canal Routes &c. By J.H. Young. Philadelphia. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell. 1832. Engraved On Steel By J.H. Young And D. Haines. Entered ... 1832, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. (with 9 inset maps). (with folded sheet) Index. Steam-boat And Canal Routes ...
Pub Reference:
Ristow p.304; Buck 284.
Pub Note:
1st year of issue; text on a single separate folded sheet. Folded into red leather covers with "Mitchell's Travellers Guide Through The United States" and a decorative border in gilt. Map contains nine inset maps showing the vicinities of Cincinnati, Albany, New Orleans, Falls of Niagara, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and Charleston. Mitchell issued a copy of this map on silk in 1832. Outline color.
Pub List No:
2088.000
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
14
Pub Width cm:
9
Image No:
2088B
Authors:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus; Young, James H.
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Link To Source
Index: United States, travellers guide through.
