1839 Original Mitchell Map №17
South America
This rare map show the states of
Buenos Ayres and Patagonia precursors to Argentina
and New Granada which would become Columbia.
The Falkland Islands shown as being claimed by both Great Britain and Buenos Ayres
would be the center of a 10 week war fought between Argentina and Great Britain in 1982 over control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and associated island dependencies.
This map comes from
Mitchell's School Atlas
Designed to Accompany
Mitchell's School & Family Geography
1848
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company
Philadelphia
This map states it was:
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1839 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk's Office in the District Court of Connecticut."
(The atlas cover and title page are not part of the sale but are for documentation of the map's origin.)
Samuel Augustus Mitchell
(1790-1868)
Samuel Augustus Mitchell was a renown American geographer. Born in Connecticut he worked as a geography teacher but soon realizing there were only poor quality geographical resources available to teachers he turned to publishing. He moved to Philadelphia, a major center for publishing at the time, around 1830 and founded his company. It becoming one of the leading map and atlas publishers of the nineteenth century being one of the first to try out the new technique of engraving on steel plates. He experimented with steel almost 20 years before the rest of the publishing industry. This map was made prior to his son, S. Augustus Mitchell, becoming owner in 1860.
This historically significant map
has strong color and a very rich patina that would frame up with an antique quality.
A great addition to any collection of
antiques
maps
history
educational history
Approximate Sizes:
Page: 9.5" x 11.8"
Map image: 7.8" x 10.3"
Within the USA the map will be mailed in a flat, secure, ridged, package.