Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc. Embraced in Fifty-Three Quarto Maps, Forming a Series of Eighty-four Maps and Plans, Together with valuable Statistical Tables

Samuel Augustus Mitchell

S. Augustus Mitchell, 1864.

Collated, complete. [30] pages, [59] leaves) : 84 color maps ; 40 cm. Publisher's brown boards. Gold lettering on front. Light discoloration to front cover. Contemporary signature of Reo.(sp?) J. L. Jenkins on fep. Maps in good condition. Mitchells New General Atlas was a classic geographical reference in the late 19th century. Taking over the Mitchell Company business after his father retired in 1860, S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. revised the existing Mitchell atlas and renamed it the New General Atlas. New editions were published yearly until 1887. The maps were so popular they were used by the public and sometimes other publishers until the beginning of the 1900s. See Ristow, American Maps and Mapmakers.