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| Keywords: 1864 Mitchell Map of South America - Geographicus - SouthAmerica-mitchell-1864.jpg A beautiful example of S A Mitchell Jr ™s 1864 map of South America Depicts the whole of the continent including Panama in considerable detail Denotes both political and geographical details Surprisingly accurate detail of the interior of Brazil and the Amazon Basin An inset map in the lower right quadrant depicts the Isthmus of Panama entitled Map Showing the Proposed Atrato-Inter-Oceanic Canal Routes for Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans One of the most attractive American atlas maps of this region to appear in the mid 19th century Features the floral border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1860-65 period Prepared by W Williams for inclusion as plate no 53 in the 1864 issue of Mitchell ™s New General Atlas Dated and copyrighted Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk ™s Office of the District Court of the U S for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1860 dated Size in 10 75 13 5 object history credit line accession number SouthAmerica-mitchell-1864 <i>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 Map and Plans together with Valuable Statistical Tables </i> 1864 Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Samuel Augustus Mitchell Old maps of South America 1860 maps | ||||
