Map of the World on the Mercator Projection Exhibiting the American Continent at its Centre. (Original, Hand-Colored, Framed Map Under Glass)

S. Augustus Mitchell

S. Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia, 1871

[Large Lithographed Map of the World] Wooden gilt frame.  Framed dimensions: 32" x 25" inches. (82 x 64 cm). Sheet Measures c. 12 1/2"H x 15 1/4" W.  Engraved Area Measures c. 10 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W.  This version has the tracks of the explorers Capt. Cook in 1774-80 and the tracks of the U.S. Exploration Expedition under Wilkes. 

Refs: Reps, American Maps and Mapmakers, p. 313. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 4, pp. 260.