1854 Mitchell Map of Virginia (with West Virginia)

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1854 Mitchell Map of Virginia (with West Virginia)
WE SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAPS - NOT REPRODUCTIONS Title: A New Map of Virginia with its Canals, Roads and Distances from place to place, along the Stage and Steam Boat Routes. Description: This is a fine example of S. A. Mitchell's 1854 map of Virginia. This map predates the 1862 separation of Virginia and West Virginia, and so contains both modern states in full as well as parts of adjacent Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, and North Carolina. The Chesapeake Bay in particular, in rendered in full while a profile in the upper right details the elevations of the important Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Operated until 1924, the Canal, which paralleled the Potomac connected the Atlantic to the Ohio River, and was a vital artery for trade between the populous Atlantic coast and the rapidly developing American interior. A list in the map's lowers left quadrant also shows various steamboat routes, along with mileage. The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure. This map was prepared by S. A. Mitchell for publication by the Philadelphia firm of Thomas Cowperthwait and Co. as plate no. 17 in the 1854 edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas . Dated and copyrighted, 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by Thomas Cowperthwait and Co. in the Clerk's office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.' Size: Printed area measures 13 inches high by 16 inches wide. Condition: Very good. Overall age toning. Minor spotting at places.
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  • Condition: Very good. Overall age toning. Minor spotting at places.
  • Type: Map
  • Original/Reproduction: Original

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