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New Map of Kentucky with it's Roads & Distances from place to place along the Stage & Steam Boat Routes. A,

  • ARTIST: Samuel Augustus Mitchell

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. Philadelphia.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving, hand-colored,

    DATE: 1850-55

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 3/8 x 13 7/8" (28.9 x 35.2 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine map from Cowperthwait edition of Mitchell's "A New Universal Atlas containing maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World". Mitchell is one of the first truly successful commercial cartographers in the U.S. There is an inset showing a table of distances for steamboat routes, as well as an inset of a section of the Ohio River, the Falls of Ohio, and the Lexington area.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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